On 24 February 2011 17:39, Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> wrote: . . . > Though I dislike the OP's dismissal of backticks, I must admit that I > would prefer that the standard shell be at least Bourne-compatible. I > use csh for root for all the reasons that you shouldn't change your root > shell. I suppose I could change root to /bin/sh, but that doesn't even > have command recall.
The injunction against changing root's shell is mostly against changing root's shell to something that does not reside in "/". -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"