Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:33:11 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .cshrc Message-ID: <ef60af0905032516337d7e026d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050326002311.GA18807@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <ef60af0905032515326bbeb618@mail.gmail.com> <20050325234152.GA12816@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <ef60af0905032515552b123ce7@mail.gmail.com> <20050326002311.GA18807@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:23:11 +0100, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > 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. > Whats the difference between csh ans sh ? Why do you like zsh ? Cant be that much difference right ? PS wich shell gives you a command over view when you double tab like on a linux box ?
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