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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Why are ash.tgz and zsh.tgz in ap1 while bash and 
> tcsh are in a-something directories on the linux CD?

Because bash is the default shell and tcsh is the
second most popular.

> > Slackware 4.0 has 1.14 and 2.03
> > I prefer 1.14
> 
> Does bash.tgz contain both of them?  

No.  bash.tgz is 1.14

> Why do you prefer 1.14?

Smaller.  Tried and true.  Can do everything I need.

> I don't think I need to also leave in /bin/sh because 
> it is actually a pointer to busybox /ash and the SW40 
> ash is probably more complete.

I doubt it.  ash is the deluxe shell for busybox.
It is supposed to be complete.  It is also more
up-to-date than the SW40 version.

> could I do that anyway once bash is installed (and the 
> dosemu script can invoke it)?

Yes, as long as bash is where the #! line of the 
installation script specifies.
 
> Could we then make .login and .cshrc and .zshenv etc. 
> and have them invoked whenever we logged in to a terminal?

Where do those files live?  If the live in /etc, then
there should be no problem (assuming that's where the
those shells look for their config files).  However, 
it's a different story if the files go in the home 
directory of a user.  Perhaps those shells have a
parameter to specify the location of the config file?  

Cheers,
Steven

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