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To use the "standard" utilities, I need to
define PATH as PATH=$(getconf PATH), but
how do I define PATH for getconf?

In Solaris /bin/ksh, getconf is not built-in.

PATH=/bin
PATH=$(getconf PATH)
?

How can I make it works on Solaris, Linux, AIX, etc?

Thanks.

Try something like

        PATH=$(PATH=/usr/local/bin getconf PATH)

presuming that getconf is really supposed to be invoked with one
argument that is the string "PATH" (I don't know anything about
getconf).

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[Michael Wang]

Quote:>   To use the "standard" utilities, I need to
>   define PATH as PATH=$(getconf PATH), but
>   how do I define PATH for getconf?

>   In Solaris /bin/ksh, getconf is not built-in.

>   PATH=/bin
>   PATH=$(getconf PATH)
>   ?

>   How can I make it works on Solaris, Linux, AIX, etc?

On Solaris and Red Hat Linux, getconf is in /usr/bin.  On IRIX, it is
/usr/sbin.  Just play it safe:

PATH=$(PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin getconf PATH)

Kjetil T.

Quote:

>Try something like

>    PATH=$(PATH=/usr/local/bin getconf PATH)

>presuming that getconf is really supposed to be invoked with one
>argument that is the string "PATH" (I don't know anything about
>getconf).

Is there any unix system that does not have getconf?

[Michael Wang]

Quote:>   Is there any unix system that does not have getconf?

Define "unix system".  All Unix(tm) systems have getconf, since it's
specified in the standard.  Older unixen don't have it (SunOS 4.x,
Ultrix, ...), but these systems don't come with a POSIX shell either.

Kjetil T.

You can't. Not portably, at least. You'd have to have bootstrap code for
each OS separately.

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Quote:> Is there any unix system that does not have getconf?

at least, *BSD don't have it... yet.

fu2 cus.

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