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- From: wkt@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources,aus.sources,comp.sources.wanted,comp.os.misc
- Subject: [source] Clam shell - tcsh-like shell for Unix/Minix/Coherent
- Message-ID: <2064@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: 14 Nov 90 02:28:05 GMT
-
-
- The latest version of Clam, a portable Unix shell with many features of csh
- and tcsh, has been posted to the comp.os.minix newsgroup.
- This is a `maintenance' version of Clam, fixing bugs in 1.3.3, tidying up
- things and making it again more portable.
-
- Clam runs under BSD4.x, SysV, Ultrix, Xenix, Minix and Coherent.
- Please read the Readme, Installation and Portlist files before compiling.
-
- Source
- ------
- The files are a set of standard diffs against the Clam 1.3.3 sources. These
- sources are available via anonymous ftp from the following sites:
-
- IP address Host name Directory Files
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- 131.236.1.2 ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au pub/minix clam1.3*
- 129.127.40.3 sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au pub/minix/local clam.1-3*
- 134.129.111.64 plains pub/Minix/oz clam.1-3*
-
- where * has its standard Unix meaning.
-
- The files are stored as compressed tar files. You will need uncompress(1)
- and tar(1) to extract them. Also set `type binary' when ftp'ing them.
-
- Note plains is in America, both ccadfa and sirius are in Australia.
- Please ftp within your own country where possible, and outside of
- normal business hours. Also note that ccadfa is connected to the
- rest of the world via a 9600 baud SLIP line.
-
- The diffs posted in comp.os.minix should also be available from:
- 131.236.1.2 ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au pub/minix clam1.4*
-
- The diffs can be applied with patch(1). Where the patch is close to or
- bigger than the original file, the new file is included instead.
-
- Betatest
- --------
- This is a betatest release. It would be appreciated if as many people
- try Clam on as many platforms as possible, to weed out what bugs and
- non-portabilities are left. Send reports to the address below.
- I'm after the following information:
-
- a) What operating system & version you are using
- e.g Pyramid OSx version 4.01
- b) What compiler, version, specific flags you are using
- e.g gcc version 1.37.1, using -ansi
- c) What defines you are using
- e.g -DUCB -DHASH -DJOB -DSCRIPT
- d) What compile-time warnings/errors you get
- e) What run-time errors you get
- f) Fixes for d) and e)
-
- Thanks in advance for these!
-
- Warren Toomey wkt@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au[@uunet.uu.net?]
-
-
- P.S For those still with us, part of the Readme from Clam 1.4 is given below.
-
- Introduction.
- -------------
- Clam is a Unix(tm) shell that has many features of tcsh, sh and improvements
- all its own. The most notable features of Clam are: command line editing;
- "real" aliases; aliases and builtins are on the path; normal wildcard expansion
- in/output redirection etc. Please note, Clam is not csh/tcsh but is original
- source code and differs in some ways from those shells in the features it
- provides.
-
- Copyright Notice.
- -----------------
- Clam is copyright (c) 1988 by Callum Gibson.
-
- Clam is provided free of charge. You may make copies of it and redistribute
- it if you wish. You may not sell Clam source or binaries. You may alter Clam
- for your own purposes but you may not redistribute altered copies of Clam or
- part thereof. You must leave the copyright notice intact at the top of every
- Clam source file. Finally, no warranty is provided with Clam.
-
- Future.
- -------
- Clam 1.4 is a maintenance release to increase portability, tidy up code and
- to remove known bugs; this was done by Warren Toomey. It is intended to
- merge this version with the changes that Callum Gibson is working on, and
- to release this as Clam 1.5, at a date to be decided.
-
- Extra
- -----
-
- I expect to be snowed under with bug reports. Please be patient!
-
-
-
- --
- Warren Toomey VK1XWT, rescreened.
- Deep in the bowels of ADFA Comp Science.
- `What the hell is SIGTTIN?'
-