Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 11:38:30 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: nightrecon@verizon.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to move vi to /bin Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905140338lf7b6968k8e8844550c9268b9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <cb0fa7b70905130021t390bb560r4a1dd64ab3b2e79@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905130130o10d593cdm3fb60b6175112d67@mail.gmail.com> <gue44o$pqu$1@ger.gmane.org> <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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2009/5/13 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>: > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote: > >> Kind of like how those coming over from a >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it >> serves no purpose except foot-shooting. > > - csh cannot redirect stderr seperately from stdout > - on pipes the exit status from the first command is the exit status of the > total command > - will not expand matches without a user provided part, for *every* component > of a path > > There's plenty of reasons not to use csh and if you know what you're doing, > BSD lets you. And no, I don't want to type exec zsh when I'm finally logged > into the box that has a load of 100+. I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're better off using /bin/sh if you want a Bourne-type shell, or using toor with /usr/local/bin/bash. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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