Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:37:07 -0600 From: "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <rhawkins@iastate.edu> To: Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: csh or bash (newbie) Message-ID: <m10FmvT-000P4nC@eyry.econ.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:00:04 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902241657580.16037-100000@bytor.rush.net>
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pat pattered, > you *can* change roots shell, but its not a good idea unless you have a > statically compiled shell. > Reason: > be able to find the libraries neccesary to run. With FreeBSD it asks you > which shell you want to use when dropping into single user mode to fix > these things, but its just not a good habit to get into. Mostly because > alot of other unices *don't*. I've been toying with a script to check, but I'm not quite sure how. I would like a .file that, on starting interactively, checks to see if bash is available, and then executes it, otherwise staying in sh But then again, I want lots of things, like the BSD utilities instead of GNU under linux (if only to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the church of emacs :) rick -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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