Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:49:26 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, "Eli K. Breen" <bsd@unixforge.net> Subject: Re: docs/87351: Jail building instructions don't work as described with default CSH shell Message-ID: <200510281149.27090.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <435FEEBE.7060907@unixforge.net> References: <200510262020.j9QKKv4Q073769@freefall.freebsd.org> <20051026204634.GA42792@flame.pc> <435FEEBE.7060907@unixforge.net>
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On Wednesday 26 October 2005 05:01 pm, Eli K. Breen wrote: > I realize I may be opening a can of worms, but as I agree with you on > the usefulness of csh(1), why do we continue to use csh as the default > shell being that I'd hazard most sane mortals use sh or bash? > > I would definitely prefer to have both sets of instructions, but > honestly given one line needs to be changed ever so slightly, it would > look silly to reproduce the entire script multiple times with only that > change. > > If you prefaced the script with "This script is optimized for csh, see > below for other shells" and then just list the optimal way to export > env. vars. for the other popular shells. It's only the default for root anyway. The default for mere mortal users is /bin/sh I think (if there even is a default). sh's syntax is the most widely used, so I'd expect it to be the syntax listed in manual pages (and I happen to use tcsh for my personal shell everywhere FWIW). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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