From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Aug 31 14:38:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA15637 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA15628 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30 † id OAA18199; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:38:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA14535; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608312138.OAA14535@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Frode Nordahl" cc: "Ernie Elu" , "isp@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Shell? In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 31 Aug 96 17:13:57 +0100. <199608311511.RAA04262@login.bigblue.no> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:38:06 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- MindBender.serv.net" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> Anyone know of a shell that supports filename completing (Like >>> TCSH) that is SMALLER, (like csh or sh). tcsh eats up 1 MB of ram, so >>> it's a bit "expensive" shell to use as default shell, but we need >>> filen ame completion when preessing ... >>I just use bash, seems to be robust. A bit less than 700kb per session. >Yeah, but that still is more than 256K :) Remember that *BSD uses shared text segments, and that even if it is using 768KB, 388KB of that (on my NetBSD system with tcsh 6.06, anyway) is shared by every tcsh running in the system. Also, keep in mind that certain bloat is inevitable if you want "features". Ash (NetBSD's default sh -- I think FreeBSD uses something different) is nice and small, but doesn't do nearly as much as bash or tcsh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------