But watch out, they can return different results, an example:
---------- me@trout:/home/me $ su - Password: Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 root@trout:/root # who am i me pts/1 Jun 30 17:27 (cod.mydom.net) root@trout:/root # whoami root root@trout:/root # --------------
'who am i' returns who you logged in as, where as '/usr/ucb/whoami' returns your effective ID, not always the same either.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:35 -0500, Dave Uhring wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:35:16 +0000, Canuck57 wrote: >> It is best to add ucb to your search path: > Not! His next question then will be why cc doesn't work.
: > Good one
> Worse, if /usr/ucb is not *last* in the $PATH ps will not work as expected > either.
One might try using aliases for /usr/ucb stuff and /usr/xpg? stuff Keeps PATH clean
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:44:06 -0700, AGT wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:35 -0500, Dave Uhring wrote: >> Worse, if /usr/ucb is not *last* in the $PATH ps will not work as expected >> either.
> One might try using aliases for /usr/ucb stuff and /usr/xpg? stuff > Keeps PATH clean
Or, if running Nevada or OpenSolaris, just have /usr/gnu/bin in the $PATH. Heh!, that's not even necessary:
On Jun 30, 10:37 pm, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:44:06 -0700, AGT wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:35 -0500, Dave Uhring wrote: > >> Worse, if /usr/ucb is not *last* in the $PATH ps will not work as expected > >> either. > > One might try using aliases for /usr/ucb stuff and /usr/xpg? stuff > > Keeps PATH clean > Or, if running Nevada or OpenSolaris, just have /usr/gnu/bin in the $PATH. > Heh!, that's not even necessary: > duhring@einstein:~$ which whoami > /usr/bin/whoami
I havent checked my b90 install for /usr/ucb - hope they dont do away with it but who knows. Thing is, a GNU version of something isnt always "better" than the original. Is there a vipw for example? Probably not. /usr/ucb/shutdown can get you out of some jams that the svr4 descendant cannot. /usr/ucb is small sans all the symlinks. I hope it survives the current wave of "we gotta make Solaris more Lienux friendly" types developing at Sun nowadays : >
> On Jun 30, 10:37 pm, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:44:06 -0700, AGT wrote: >>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:35 -0500, Dave Uhring wrote: >>>> Worse, if /usr/ucb is not *last* in the $PATH ps will not work as expec > ted >>>> either. >>> One might try using aliases for /usr/ucb stuff and /usr/xpg? stuff >>> Keeps PATH clean >> Or, if running Nevada or OpenSolaris, just have /usr/gnu/bin in the $PATH.
>> Heh!, that's not even necessary: >> duhring@einstein:~$ which whoami >> /usr/bin/whoami
> I havent checked my b90 install for /usr/ucb - hope they dont do away > with it but who knows.
It is still there in b91, as is /usr/ucblib and /usr/ucbinclude.
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:03:38 -0700, usenetpersongerryt wrote: > I havent checked my b90 install for /usr/ucb - hope they dont do away > with it but who knows.
With Sun's promise of backward compatibility /usr/ucb and cousins will probably remain for some time to come.
> Thing is, a GNU version of something isnt always "better" than the > original.
Granted, but sometimes the GNU versions do have additional or different utility. Additionally, the presence of such penguinware eases the transition for Linux emigrés.
On 2008-07-01 18:02:24 +0100, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> said:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:03:38 -0700, usenetpersongerryt wrote:
>> Thing is, a GNU version of something isnt always "better" than the >> original.
> Granted, but sometimes the GNU versions do have additional or different > utility. Additionally, the presence of such penguinware eases the > transition for Linux emigrés.
The -r option in GNU's grep is quite handy, for instance.
Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2008-07-01 18:02:24 +0100, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> said:
>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:03:38 -0700, usenetpersongerryt wrote:
>>> Thing is, a GNU version of something isnt always "better" than the >>> original.
>> Granted, but sometimes the GNU versions do have additional or different >> utility. Additionally, the presence of such penguinware eases the >> transition for Linux emigrés.
> The -r option in GNU's grep is quite handy, for instance.
