UNIX admin wrote: >> Funny, one of the first things I always do after >> installing an instance of SXCE is to edit the passwd >> file, change the home root directory to /root and the >> default shell to /bin/bash. I know think I am not >> alone. >> > > That's most likely because you haven't typed in `man tcsh` yet. Have you read > the manual page for `tcsh`? I'd think after that, you'd never get the idea to > do /bin/bash anything ever again. > I'm no religious zealot, but I don't get that. You flame bash for not being bourne shell compatible enough, but then go and suggest tcsh?
Whe I was a brand new unix user in college, it confused me for a short while why, everything in my environment was scripted or setup different from root, and most system scripts. I quickly figured out that there was choice in which shell you wanted to use. This was SunOS4, I don't remember if ksh existed back then, but I didn't know it if it did. I liked the features tcsh added over csh, but when I found bash and got all those features, and a syntax that was compatible with root's shell, and the system's scripts, I ditched all forms of csh forever, and promptly forgot it's script syntax too. There's too much to be done, to write things in two different languages, when one will suffice. > Computer industry is very specific in one regard: we have to read. > Constantly. A lot. A whole lot. And then some more. > > Agreed. -Kyle _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
