From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 26 15:12:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC8B16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:12:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4062443D2F for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j2QFCR806008; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:12:27 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200503261512.j2QFCR806008@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: gert.cuykens@gmail.com Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:12:26 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: from "Gert Cuykens" at Mar 26, 2005 01:36:05 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .cshrc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:12:30 -0000 > > Is .profile read by every shell ? No. .profile is read up by the sh shell and its derivatives. When the csh shell and its derivatives such as tcsh starts, its reads up .cshrc. The effect is somewhat the same, but it uses the syntax is for csh. The syntax for .profile is for sh. The csh shell of more likely not, tcsh, is more friendly for interacticve use than the sh shell. Those who like the sh type syntax nowdays use the derivative bash as their shell. It is also more interactive friendly than plain sh. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >