On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Mike Miller wrote:

> That's a good point.  Is it *always* in that exact directory?  It
> certainly is on Solaris, AIX and Linux.  Having the path right definitely
> makes it easier when dealing with inexperienced users.

I shudder to think how many things would break if something very like 
Bourne Shell wasn't at /bin/sh (at least as a link).  I don't know of any 
standard that *requires* there be a /bin/sh, but any Unix which didn't 
have one would be pretty rapidly auto-Darwinated out of the gene pool.

Brian