[colug-432] Portable Shell

[Mike Plemmons]

I would say Bash is plenty to write against.  It comes with probably ever
Linux distribution, Mac OS X, the script will have a high probability of
running against Korn shell so you have AIX covered.  I cannot speak to HPUX
but I bet you are covered there to.

I guess the question is what is the script going to be doing what this
question is being raised?  What platforms do you want to reach?
On Oct 17, 2015 9:19 PM, <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> Which version of which shell should I write for for excellent portability?
> What documentation do you cite for it?
>
> I have used Bourne shell as the standard for portability,
> and had though that it had ossified a long time ago,
> but was informed that Bourne is under active development,
> so now I feel unsettled about Bourne being the standard
> of portability, if it is a moving target. I have not
> found anything about continued development of Bourne
> shell. Bourne quit changing it around 1983.
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