Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:50:46 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backtick versus $() Message-ID: <20110224225046.GA13490@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20110224223924.GF1983@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <AANLkTinQ4MMwWq77k1t-SwqE%2BzPep6VCNS9AKdT_H08b@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T214917-136@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTik88V5Bb2BWM0Kpv3rWfek9_%2BgjqmEt6UbsVjpS@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T220407-811@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTikAB--0Hrw76cbdzgfmeJMPt_N7isaw%2Byn_-QMn@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.1102242135020.1945@herc.mirbsd.org> <20110224213322.GA13089@guilt.hydra> <loom.20110224T225518-308@post.gmane.org> <20110224221057.GA13262@guilt.hydra> <20110224223924.GF1983@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 02:39:24PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 24 February 2011: > >=20 > > What we have not yet determined is: > >=20 > > 1. Is it a good idea to replace (t)csh? >=20 > Though I dislike the OP's dismissal of backticks, I must admit that I > would prefer that the standard shell be at least Bourne-compatible. I > use csh for root for all the reasons that you shouldn't change your > root shell. I suppose I could change root to /bin/sh, but that doesn't > even have command recall. I don't know how many times I've keyed in a > nicely composed off-the-cuff conditional only to have it fall flat. I > have to remind myself to start zsh first when working as root, or start > getting used to using toor instead, or just always use sudo. The toor account seems like the right answer here. In general, I actually prefer the csh-style syntax for an interactive shell, personally. I would be willing to deal with sh as the default shell, and make changes to use tcsh instead as needed, though. Would I would not want is to go the other direction -- to change the default shell to something with too many dependencies and licensing more restrictive than FreeBSD's preferred license. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1m4MYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWniwCfVZyR8qtUN8f9D1yu5tna6UtG QgsAoKY0KtEb1qrCiZO3HSL4ekcG4sSk =W3bN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--
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