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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:19:39 -0700
From:      Mike <addymin@pacbell.net>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Beginner's question about csh/tcsh
Message-ID:  <407EE04B.5050800@pacbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <200404151842.i3FIgtg19340@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
References:  <200404151842.i3FIgtg19340@clunix.cl.msu.edu>

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Jerry McAllister wrote:

>>>It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
>>>For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
>>>
>>>////jerry
>>
>>Root uses csh by default.
> 
> 
> Well, I'll be darned.  It does now.

BTW.  I login as normal user and "su" to root for adminstrative tasks.

I checked what shell root was using and it was sh (/bin/sh).  So the 
information on my first post was inaccurate.  My bad. I thought the 
shell was csh.

So, I changed root's shell to csh.  The problem of no .history via up 
and down arrows went away.  The arrow keys now access the .history file.

Strange.  Did I possibly do something to screw up the sh shell?

Michael Chinn
> 
> ////jerry
> 
> 
>>Josh Paetzel
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