Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:03:25 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to move vi to /bin Message-ID: <20090514160325.GA26585@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0905140338lf7b6968k8e8844550c9268b9@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb0fa7b70905130021t390bb560r4a1dd64ab3b2e79@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905130130o10d593cdm3fb60b6175112d67@mail.gmail.com> <gue44o$pqu$1@ger.gmane.org> <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <b79ecaef0905140338lf7b6968k8e8844550c9268b9@mail.gmail.com>
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--6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > 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* com= ponent > > of a path > > > > There's plenty of reasons not to use csh and if you know what you're do= ing, > > BSD lets you. And no, I don't want to type exec zsh when I'm finally lo= gged > > into the box that has a load of 100+. >=20 > 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. I've never understood the resistance to just use toor instead of root if one wants a nonstandard administrative shell. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Anonymous: "It is easier to measure something than to understand what you have measured." --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoMQM0ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWVTwCgoNNRDkSBvj86BUP0ynMs+UCw rKQAoPRYEe+63Yupm24L8atR+v7xhhpg =sD7Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0--
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