[tex-live] TeXLive-CD/DVD (Installation)

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Edd Barrett wrote:
>
> ls &> somefile in ksh. Does it work? Nope. Shells are _different_!
>
> We call the above a "bashism"
does you system have "ksh" installed as "/bin/sh"? If so,
that's pretty strange and wrong. Those install scripts
say up front

 #!/bin/sh

not

  #!"whatever shell you fancy trying"

>
>>
>> When reading this text one is tempted to prefer binaries,
>> specialized for the target platform in general.
>
> eh? Scripting languages are platform independant? 
if you have the script engine installed, yes



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