On Dec 3, 2007, at 10:09 AM, UNIX admin wrote: >> I'm no religious zealot, but I don't get that. You >> flame bash for not >> being bourne shell compatible enough, but then go and >> suggest tcsh? > > So let me explain: for system and package scripts, /sbin/sh. For > interactive use, either tcsh or zsh. > > Still confused? A true sysadmin will have tried it all, i.e. > "distrust all claims for one true way". Will have burned himself, > will have learned from that experience.
This seems like an extension of the old "csh" vs. "sh" wars from the old days, but in my experience, one constant remains: Bourne shell for scripts, C shell for interactive use. I think that may be more popular for those of us who cut our teeth in BSD/SunOS way back when. People who grew up in Linux tend to be more into bash. But I don't get completely disgusted when my default shell is bash on a particular system (like Mac OS X since Tiger), I just go ahead and change it to tcsh and don't give it another thought. -john _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
