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Date:      Sun, 23 Jun 1996 11:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Kim Culhan <kimc@w8hd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 960612-SNAP doesn't read users .*?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960623112049.229A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960622180504.440A-100000@moonpie.w8hd.org>

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On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Kim Culhan wrote:

> 
> The default .* files set a path in only the .login file and if I say:
> 
> echo $path
> 
> it returns a string which appears to have only a c/r in it.
> Looks like csh isn't reading the .* files.

Now THAT would be a bug. :-) 

I have my path statements in .cshrc (.tcshrc since I'm using tcsh) and it 
picks them up OK.  

> Also, using the standard syscons (not PCVT) with default everything, the
> backspace key prints ^H to the screen and the 'delete' key works as a
> destructive backspace.

Run this:

stty erase ^H  (that's caret H not control-H)

That will whip your backspace into shape.

I have this in .cshrc as well.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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