Should ``csh'' be part of the System V distribution?
Stephen J. Friedl
friedl at vsi.UUCP
Tue May 17 15:20:20 AEST 1988
In article <668 at vsi.UUCP>, sullivan at vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) writes:
< In article <2593 at polyslo.UUCP>, jeff at polyslo.UUCP (Skippy The Wonder Hacker) writes:
< >
< > The system that I run is the major unix machine for the university.
< > Here is the breakdown on shells:
< >
< > csh(actually tcsh): 740
< > sh: 5
<
< When I was going to school (UCSB, just down the road a ways :-) I'd say
< most if not all students were using csh. It was the default shell and
< we didn't know any better to change it or even if we wanted to.
Also keep in mind that many 4.2 systems don't have the Sys V /bin/sh,
which is a lot nicer than UCB /bin/sh. Sure, there is no history, but
shell functions are really wonderful. I use sh and ksh all the time,
but when I login to the VAX back at school I lose my mind.
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