Re: multiple OSes

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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Stephane Chazelas wrote:

> [[ $OSTYPE = solaris* ]]
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cool, i forgot about that.


> case $OSTYPE in
>  (solaris*) ...
>  ;;
>  (*) ...
>  ;;
> esac
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at some point i'll have a case statement. i'm not there yet.


> Also I think you meant
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/ucb:${HOME}/bin:
>
> Also, if you'd like Solaris to behave in a more Unixy way, you
> could add the Unix PATH in front:
>
> PATH=$(command -p getconf PATH):$PATH:/usr/ucb:${HOME}/bin:
>
> (that might break some scripts though).
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good stuff.


> > also, i've got this in my ~/.zshrc:
> >   alias rm="rm -i" # safety first!
> > which causes a problem on solaris... instead of:
> > 	rm -rf /junk
> > i have to do this:
> > 	command rm -rf /junk
> >
> > is there a better way to assign that alias to rm if i'm on solaris?
> [...]
>
> zmodload -i zsh/files &&
>  disable chown chgrp ln mkdir mv rmdir sync
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very cool! thanks!


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