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Date:      Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:26:14 +1000
From:      David Nugent <davidn@austel.net>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@manatee.mammalia.org>
Cc:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: roots  shell == /bin/sh please
Message-ID:  <395BF736.BC331397@austel.net>
References:  <200006291744.KAA55295@fallkiss.wraith.sf.ca.us> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006291239020.9243-100000@dt052n3e.san.rr.com> <20000629131139.B13520@manatee.mammalia.org>

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R Joseph Wright wrote:

> Speaking of csh and tcsh, I noticed that /bin/csh is hard linked to
> /bin/tcsh, yet when I invoke tcsh, I get a different prompt than when
> I invoke csh.  I find this rather odd.

This is documented behaviour. When argv[0] is csh, it tries very hard
to behave exactly the same as a traditional /bin/csh.

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