On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 18:30, Miguel Mendez wrote: > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100 > Cliff Sarginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Adding a user should not be rocket science, > > It isn't. > > > If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh" sucks big > > time, we may avoid a lot of problems. > > You can always use /bin/sh, and yes, it does history (set -o emacs) > > > If anyone can prove to me that "csh" is superior in any respect to > > bash, then please tell me. > > -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 841916 Dec 31 15:16 /bin/tcsh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1036396 Nov 17 13:30 /usr/local/bin/bash > > tcsh is good enough for interactive use (others like zsh as well), and > many people have grown to hate bash for one very simple reason. In > another attempt at 'embrace and extend', GNU added some features to > plain sh that remained functional even when invoked as /bin/sh. That > lead to broken scripts that only ran on GNU/Linux systems. > > Now I feel fad for feeding a troll, let this thread die already :)
Even the original poster has requested (two days ago) that this thread be killed off. Why is questions still being cc'd on this? Regards, Stacey > > Happy new year. -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
