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Korn Shell Global funcations

- create file get_time in directory ~/kfunctions
function get_time{
TIME=$(date '+%m/%d/%y')
printf "$TIME\n"
}

- create .kshrc file
export FPATH=/export/home/jamesp/kfunctions
autoload get_time

- add entry to .profile
ENV=~.kshrc

- use global functions
#!/bin/ksh
SYSTIME=$(get_time)
echo "$SYSTIME\n"

posted by James Pei @ 5:38 PM