From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 14 10:38:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C8D106566B for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 633088FC14 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so387712eyd.7 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 03:38:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=iz9C7zslXSOX8dTtMhIQOKy/TvkmzaNvlRM6FQl/Ol8=; b=fkOAfMiYq/iEuiNNn6b+NcQ2L/uI3mm0nLwcVaB9OuprjO6xF/y91+SKyleu8iZ0Ue TEyW7IsiO09xOqBma1eT6PUkwkCgEoeT5ijBtldpzI3vdkw6lmWDElLHJ3YoUc3kTZou 4Mq9Xw4vN8rkl3K0FNPYizw5XtqPbuafUk+/A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rDQpwtJJ3GsLCpNhQBrd3ZkbvXGBJ/y4n4nJWBXRyERkiJkoU+Ob1ySDo/cqAcp2X4 WmqSQz7b3HVoWBF/cxj3AvtyAnun3S8resXwma51HhkrOG0XCbnFT0RsVgnE84+6+9rG Rh8U1cHtKfTdDO9L0C5lSG+uqtLcfFcVmZZ6g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.27.20 with SMTP id a20mr2560760eba.19.1242297530122; Thu, 14 May 2009 03:38:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 11:38:30 +0100 Message-ID: To: Mel Flynn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: nightrecon@verizon.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to move vi to /bin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:52 -0000 2009/5/13 Mel Flynn : > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote: > >> Kind of like how those coming over from a >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it >> serves no purpose except foot-shooting. > > - csh cannot redirect stderr seperately from stdout > - on pipes the exit status from the first command is the exit status of the > total command > - will not expand matches without a user provided part, for *every* component > of a path > > There's plenty of reasons not to use csh and if you know what you're doing, > BSD lets you. And no, I don't want to type exec zsh when I'm finally logged > into the box that has a load of 100+. I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're better off using /bin/sh if you want a Bourne-type shell, or using toor with /usr/local/bin/bash. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?