From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 2:30:49 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 02:30:44 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5446237B698 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 02:30:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 147xZ3-0009zq-00; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:30:41 +0000 To: igorr@crosswinds.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Re: shell inconsistency - csh should remove Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:30:41 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.24.58 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 05:30:36PM +0800, David Xu wrote: > > can next FreeBSD installs bash as default shell instead of csh? it seems if you default install csh as default one, the system is inconsistency, because csh can't execute > bash is GNU software. And it is not possible to include it into base > system. > And bash sucks :-) Let's avoid such subjective evaluations shall we ? People just use the shell they feel comfortable with, it is a tool for a job, not a religion. > > #!/bin/sh <--- This line tells kernel which shell use for script > so there is REAL Bourne shell in base system. > > And "csh" is NATURAL part of any BSD system. If you don't like it then > just don't use it. > > -- > Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", > Sochi, Russia > http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message