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| Under HPUX 10.20 and higher, is there a difference between /sbin/sh and /usr/bin/sh or are they the same? -- Mike Shapp mikeshapp@yahoo.com |
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| Mike Shapp <mikeshapp@yahoo.com> wrote: > Under HPUX 10.20 and higher, is there a difference between /sbin/sh and > /usr/bin/sh or are they the same? /sbin/sh is statically linked (i.e. no shared libraries) so that it can run without /usr mounted, and has no local language support. root *MUST* have /sbin/sh as hir shell. /usr/bin/sh is dynamically linked (i.e. uses shared libraries), and has local language support. /usr/bin/sh is the/a shell for mortals. |