On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:53:32 PST UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For the record, I am long time *BSD user so am quite > > familiar with > > t/csh and use it routinely. > > I never assumed otherwise. Or assumed anything for that matter. > > > I still wouldn't recommend it, unless it > > is default shell on the platform at hand. > > IRIX 6.5, anyone? But we're talking about Solaris, eh? > > My shell of preference is ksh93, wh/I mentioned in my > > first reply, but > > was unsure if supported on OS, as not too long ago, > > Solaris was way > > lagging on updating ksh to ksh93. Looks like now has > > been done. > > It's being worked on. Bummer, I thought was done by now, but just hadn't yet gotten around to checking. > > ksh93 is mature and POSIX compliant. Last I looked, > > zsh had lots > > of interesting features, but breaks POSIX many way. > > Why, then, do you > > nclude it in your preferred list? > > zsh has some advanced useability features, and can be highly customized and > is very powerful. And most importantly, it's zsh. It doesn't pretend to be > Bourne, like bash does. > Yes, advanced usability that is nice, but breaks POSIX in many ways so better to stick with ksh93, if only was available on Solaris... Or maybe I am mistaken, it's been a few years since I looked at zsh. > > Moreover, why include tcsh? It has *BSD roots, and to my knowledge, not > > much > > historical use on Solaris. > > Because tcsh is very powerful and highly customizable as an interactive shell. > For portable scripting, there's always ksh. > > As for "not much historical use on Solaris", my very first contact with tcsh > was on Solaris 2.5.1, back in 1994. And my first use of csh predates that by a good 10 yrs. But sorry if I wasn't clear - I meant as default root shell, wh/on Solaris, like many other SystemV unices, has been /bin/sh, correct? -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon? _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
