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2002-03-26 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Portable Shell): Add pointers to FAQs.
2002-03-26 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): The GNATS base moved.

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Some of these external utilities have a portable subset of features; see
@ref{Limitations of Usual Tools}.
There are other sources of documentation about shells. See for instance
@href{http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/, the Shell FAQs}.
@menu
* Shellology:: A zoology of shells
* Here-Documents:: Quirks and tricks
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@node Shellology
@section Shellology
There are several families of shells, most prominently the Bourne
family and the C shell family which are deeply incompatible. If you
want to write portable shell scripts, avoid members of the C shell
family.
There are several families of shells, most prominently the Bourne family
and the C shell family which are deeply incompatible. If you want to
write portable shell scripts, avoid members of the C shell family. The
@href{http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/shell-differences/, the
Shell difference FAQ} includes a small history of Unix shells, and a
comparison between several of them.
Below we describe some of the members of the Bourne shell family.