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- Bugs, Limitations, and Future Directions
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- SKsh
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- A ksh-like Shell for the Amiga
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- Version 1.7
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- (Copyright) 1988-1991
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- Steve Koren
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- May 4, 1991
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- Known Bugs and Limitations
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- Function definitions cannot be listed with the 'set' command.
- This would not be terribly difficult to add; but it would make
- the executable larger.
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- The 'exit' statement does not work correctly in a script or
- function, only when typed interactively.
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- If a case statement pattern uses a character class (such as
- [abc]), the pattern must be single or double quoted.
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- If a preparse file is created from an incorrectly formed
- script (for example, one with a syntax error, unterminated
- quote, etc), SKsh may crash. For this reason, it is advisable
- to first run the original file before creating a .pp file un-
- til this bug is fixed.
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- The ${ } variable expansion mechanism cannot currently cope
- with spaces between the brackets, nor can it handle nested
- expansions. This will be fixed in a future version.
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- The -S shared mode has been known to start up incorrectly upon
- occasion. If this happens frequently enough to be annoying,
- don't use -S. I will figure out what's wrong with it later.
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- Future Directions
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- This is a brief list of things I may add in future versions of
- SKsh.
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- - More unix-like commands, such as sort, and diff. These
- are currently available elsewhere as public domain or
- freely distributable code.
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- - Use of the new AmigaDos 2.0 functions, which greatly
- facilitate certain tasks.
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- SKSH Amiga Shell Page 2 Bugs and Future Stuff
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