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Date:      Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:09:34 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
To:        don@partsnow.com
Cc:        Charles Mott <cmott@snake.srv.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su and PS1 
Message-ID:  <9035.872539774@axl.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:47:57 MST." <3401C54D.6146@PartsNow.com> 

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> Now, my question is this: can I include a line to execute bash at the
> end of the .cshrc file to switch to bash without causing the
> above-mentioned problem?

Shouldn't be a problem so long as you don't exec the shell. This means 
that, in extremely ugly situations, you'll be using more memory than 
necessary.

If you exec bash and bash fails for some reason, you'll lose your 
existing csh too, so *poof* no root login. :)

Cheers,
Sheldon.




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