From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 05:30:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D0216A41A for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:30:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9926313C447 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:30:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id lBE5UWk7036558; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:30:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mike Jeays" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:31:33 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <200712132012.32729.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Cc: Subject: RE: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:30:33 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mike Jeays > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:13 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful. > > > Bash has all the features one is likely to need for > interactive use > as well, and one could make a good case for it being the 'standard' shell > now. > > The "standard" shell MUST be able to be statically compiled. You don't have access to all your nice dynamically loaded libraries when the only filesystem on your server that will mount is /, due to some disk error. Ted No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 9:15 AM