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Also you should note that #! must be changed to a GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1) + compatable sh. ON unix system /bin/sh is either a basic bourne shell or a posix enhanced boure.

sorry i can't follow you. What it is to do for unix compatibility?

/bin/sh on your box is actual bash I think. I bet if you look its a link to /bin/bash ! ON most unix (not linux) systems /bin/sh is bourne shell; if you're lucky its a posix compliant one. Your scripts will not run correctly on such systems. As a matter of fact

bash, version 2.03.0(1) will NOT work While: bash, version 2.05.0(1) Will work. So not only are they bash dependent but bash version depended!

Ok I LOOKED at some of the other script and found that the date command is linux/gnu date not the date solaris uses. No problem for me since I have gnu date.

All the above need only be listed in either README or KNOWN PROBLEMS

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