following Fede's lead I wrote a few more scripts to try to
keep the autoconf/configure happy.

-Steve

Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/ape-scripts
Date: Wed Apr 14 13:26:17 CES 2010
Signed-off-by: steve@quintile.net

--- /rc/bin/ape/grep	Wed Apr 14 13:22:14 2010
+++ /rc/bin/ape/grep	Wed Apr 14 13:22:13 2010
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/rc
-# the -G flag is gone!
-exec /$cputype/bin/grep $*
+
+rfork e
+
+opts=()
+files=()
+argv0=$0
+while(! ~ $#* 0){
+	switch($1){
+	case -[cefinsv]
+		opts=($opts $1)
+	case -q
+		opts=($opts -s)
+	case -*
+		echo $argv0 $1 not supported >[2=1]
+		exit 'not supported'
+	case *
+		files=($files $1)
+	}
+	shift
+}
+exec /$cputype/bin/grep $opts $files
--- /rc/bin/ape/cat	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ /rc/bin/ape/cat	Wed Apr 14 13:22:16 2010
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+
+rfork e
+
+files=()
+while(! ~ $#* 0){
+	switch($1){
+	case -
+		files=($files /fd/0)
+	case -*
+		;
+	case *
+		files=($files $1)
+	}
+	shift
+}
+
+exec /$cputype/bin/cat $files
--- /rc/bin/ape/egrep	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ /rc/bin/ape/egrep	Wed Apr 14 13:22:17 2010
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+exec /rc/bin/ape/grep $*
--- /rc/bin/ape/fgrep	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ /rc/bin/ape/fgrep	Wed Apr 14 13:22:18 2010
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+exec /rc/bin/ape/grep $*
--- /rc/bin/ape/ln	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ /rc/bin/ape/ln	Wed Apr 14 13:22:20 2010
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+
+argv0=$0
+force=n
+while(! ~ $#* 0 && ~ $1 -*){
+	switch($1){
+	case -f
+		force=y
+	case -s
+		;
+	case *
+		echo 'usage: ln [-s] [-f] source destination' >[2=1]
+		exit 'usage'
+	}
+	shift
+}
+
+if(~ $force n && test -e $2){
+	echo ln: $2 destination exists >[2=1]
+	exit 'usage'
+}
+
+exec cp -gux $1 $2