.cshrc

Gert Cuykens gert.cuykens at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 16:33:12 PST 2005


On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:23:11 +0100, Erik Trulsson
<ertr1013 at 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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