2009/5/13 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net>: > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote: > >> Kind of like how those coming over from a >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it >> serves no purpose except foot-shooting. > > - csh cannot redirect stderr seperately from stdout > - on pipes the exit status from the first command is the exit status of the > total command > - will not expand matches without a user provided part, for *every* component > of a path > > There's plenty of reasons not to use csh and if you know what you're doing, > BSD lets you. And no, I don't want to type exec zsh when I'm finally logged > into the box that has a load of 100+.
I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're better off using /bin/sh if you want a Bourne-type shell, or using toor with /usr/local/bin/bash. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"