Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:11:47 -0000 From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/16754: csh.1 manpage correction Message-ID: <20000216111147.52920.qmail@hades.hell.gr>
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>Number: 16754
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: manpage of csh(1) error in "Argument list processing" section
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 16 15:30:03 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
(( uname -a ))
FreeBSD hades.hell.gr 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD
4.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Feb 16 03:08:14 EET 2000
toor@hades.hell.gr:/usr/src/sys/compile/HADES i386
>Description:
The first paragraph of "Argument list processing" says that an
argument of - will make csh be a login shell. However, running
csh with only a - as an argument fails with the error message.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ csh -
-: No such file or directory.
>Fix:
--- bin/csh/csh.1.orig Tue Sep 14 14:46:01 1999
+++ bin/csh/csh.1 Wed Feb 16 13:03:05 2000
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
It is used both as an interactive login shell and
a shell script command processor.
.Ss Argument list processing
-If the first argument (argument 0) to the shell is
+If the shell is executed with a program name starting with
.Ql Fl \& ,
then this is a login shell.
A login shell also can be specified by invoking the shell with the
>Release-Note:
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