> > Is the /bin/sh in freebsd more buggy than, say, the solaris /bin/sh?
> > If so, thats's probably why it's currently /bin/csh.
>
> I doubt it; Solaris /bin/sh is likely more buggy.
*GASP* Tell me about it ! I am eternally surprised by it !
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unix writes:
: My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting.
Please no. Root's shell has been csh too long to change it now.
what's so hard about chsh or exec sh?
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R Joseph Wright wrote:
> Speaking of csh and tcsh, I noticed that /bin/csh is hard linked to
> /bin/tcsh, yet when I invoke tcsh, I get a different prompt than when
> I invoke csh. I find this rather odd.
This is documented behaviour. When argv[0] is csh, it tries very hard
to behave exactly th
On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 01:11:39PM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote:
>
> Speaking of csh and tcsh, I noticed that /bin/csh is hard linked to
> /bin/tcsh, yet when I invoke tcsh, I get a different prompt than when
> I invoke csh. I find this rather odd.
When invoked as tcsh, the shell behaves like t
On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 12:39:46PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, gnu not unix wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting.
>
> This will never happen. This position was made clear in th erecent
> tcsh debate.
Speaking o
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, gnu not unix wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting.
This will never happen. This position was made clear in th erecent
tcsh debate.
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On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 10:44:56AM -0700, gnu not unix wrote:
> My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting.
Mine too.
> Is the /bin/sh in freebsd more buggy than, say, the solaris /bin/sh?
> If so, thats's probably why it's currently /bin/csh.
I doubt it; Solaris /bin/sh is
gnu not unix wrote:
>
> I could also live with /bin/bash as root's shell.
> Not sure why bash is not part of freebsd "core" anyways.
>
GPL. Bloat.
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Hi.
My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting.
Is the /bin/sh in freebsd more buggy than, say, the solaris /bin/sh?
If so, thats's probably why it's currently /bin/csh.
I could also live with /bin/bash as root's shell.
Not sure why bash is not part of freebsd "core" anyway
