Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:02:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposed new Bourne shell init files Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000417104911.8777B-100000@roble2.roble.com>
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> wrote:
>Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> wrote:
>> Commentary on my files. . . Using allexport instead of an explicit
>> 'export' for every variable makes the file easier to read, and gives a
>> novice user one less thing to worry about.
"allexport" seems to be missing from Solaris and other sh
implementations. Perhaps "set -a" would be better.
>I think Sue has a made a good argument against allexport.
Do you have examples of a problem from "set -a"? I've used "set -a"
and {t,}csh's `setenv` for years with no difficulties.
>> # General aliases
>> alias la='ls -A'
>> alias lf='ls -AF'
>> alias ll='ls -loaF'
>> alias m=$PAGER
>> alias g='egrep -i'
>
>These are *very much* a matter of taste. I don't like a single one
>of them, but then again I wouldn't want to force mine on anybody
>else.
Exactly. Do we really need *any* default shell aliases? I hope not,
especially since some of these conflict with my own.
--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/
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