From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 29 6:34:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 990B6152A3 for ; Sat, 29 May 1999 06:34:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from mips.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id PAA05892 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 May 1999 15:34:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: by mips.rhein-neckar.de id m10nhXL-000WyZC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Sat, 29 May 1999 13:44:23 +0200 (CEST) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Date: 29 May 1999 13:44:20 +0200 Message-ID: <7iojuk$t35$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <7imjo4$kef$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <19990529021450.A255@marder-1> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Ovens wrote: > > Suppose FreeBSD were to provide as a default shell for root and > > for users something with a few more features than sh and csh-- > > filename completion, command recall and editing, a prompt easy > > to configure to tell you who you are and where you are. > > Which one of those features does csh(1) *not* have? csh doesn't have command line editing. It has - rudimentary filename completion (by setting ESC as EOL2; once you've completed a filename you can't erase any prior part of the command line) - a complex history replacement mechanism - a basically reconfigurable prompt It also has a syntax gratuitously different from that of sh, and insufficient I/O redirection ability. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de carpe librum: books 'n' reviews To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message