On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 12:55:17AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > > I created a new user and put a .cshrc in his home directory but
> > > nothing happens ?
> > 
> > Why should anything happen?  What did you expect to happen?
> 
> This :)
> 
> FX-53# cat .cshrc

[snip]

That was not decription of anything happening. It was just the contents
of a file.  If you meant that you expected that file to be read when
you started a shell, and that you did start such a shell, then you
should say so.



> 
> So the question is why does root uses csh shell and the a user a sh
> shell.

Historical reasons mainly.

> What brings me to the following question , What is the best
> shell to use :)

Whichever one you prefer is obviously the best one for you.
Personally I prefer zsh.  Other people have other preferences.


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Erik Trulsson
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