Release 7.1.0 Software notes

Command Line (Shells)


.env file in home directory
Do not create a file names .env in any user's home directory. The SCOadmin Account Manager uses a file of this name, so any user-created file of that name will become corrupted on invocation of the manager.

Using dd with large files
The dd command has been updated to handle files greater than 2GB in size. However, the numeric arguments to dd are limited to 2^32 -1. Thus, to address the full range of 2^64 -1 bytes available with large files, you must increase the value for the bs option (or the ibs and obs options).

echo ignores -n argument
The built-in echo command in ksh(1) ignores the -n argument if provided. This may cause problems with legacy shell scripts.

ksh fails when incorrect script run
ksh(1) fails when an incorrect script similar to the following is run:
   foo()
   {
   echo ${$1}
The following error is displayed:
   The error: ksh: syntax error: `1' unexpected
   Memory fault(coredump)
In some circumstances, the failure may occur when the next shell command is run.

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