Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:27:00 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> Subject: Re: Backtick versus $() Message-ID: <AANLkTimkT6GU_ujakUR-yMRaPq=SoBOs2BVQr81yWAN-@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110224223924.GF1983@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <loom.20110224T210222-768@post.gmane.org> <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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On 24 February 2011 17:39, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote: . . . > 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. =A0I > use csh for root for all the reasons that you shouldn't change your root > shell. =A0I suppose I could change root to /bin/sh, but that doesn't even > have command recall. The injunction against changing root's shell is mostly against changing root's shell to something that does not reside in "/". --=20 --
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