Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:23:11 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .cshrc Message-ID: <20050326002311.GA18807@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905032515552b123ce7@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905032515326bbeb618@mail.gmail.com> <20050325234152.GA12816@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <ef60af0905032515552b123ce7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 12:55:17AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > > I created a new user and put a .cshrc in his home directory but > > > nothing happens ? > > > > Why should anything happen? What did you expect to happen? > > This :) > > FX-53# cat .cshrc [snip] That was not decription of anything happening. It was just the contents of a file. If you meant that you expected that file to be read when you started a shell, and that you did start such a shell, then you should say so. > > So the question is why does root uses csh shell and the a user a sh > shell. Historical reasons mainly. > What brings me to the following question , What is the best > shell to use :) Whichever one you prefer is obviously the best one for you. Personally I prefer zsh. Other people have other preferences. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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