Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 06:37:24 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: Yuri Pankov <ypankov@fastmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox binary not existing Message-ID: <20200502063724.6bebfa09.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <2EB69D33-65A6-4818-A74E-0DA8605C6516@kukulies.org> References: <FC3D3CCF-609E-4E0A-B766-CF83ED1F91F4@kukulies.org> <c909fcb0-b36f-0ad6-a29e-6fb1ba25e9a0@fastmail.com> <2EB69D33-65A6-4818-A74E-0DA8605C6516@kukulies.org>
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 18:09:53 +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > I was used to use sh (Bourne sh) under root 21 years ago. So I > switched it back from csh to sh. > Wondering why they switched to csh anyway. It is a tastelessness. ;) On FreeBSD, the C shell has been the default dialog shell for all users, even for root, at least since 4.0. The Bourne shell (equivalent on FreeBSD: ash) is only used for two purposes by default: a) in single-user mode, and b) for scripting. I wonder _why_ your root account has been switched from using csh to sh as dialog shell... that's not the default setting... Just for fun I recently installed FreeBSD 4.5 (what a convenient and flawless experience, compared to, okay, I will shut up right away), and root's shell is the C shell. Per default. However, I fully agree that the C shell is very selective in which users it attracts. I'm using it for dialog work, since 4.0, and I even _prefer_ it over bash in a very few aspects. However, for developing one-liners that could grow into real scripts, I use bash (better dialog behaviour than sh). Decades ago, I even wrote one (as a number: 1) script in C shell, and I really can not recommend following my example. ;-) The only thing I do in plain sh is starting csh or bash. I also use zsh and ksh from time to time on other systems, so I get a good impression at "who is good with what". -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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