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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> 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.

So can I just make a symlink
ln -s /bin/busybox /bin/ash
and delete the ash from SW40?

> > 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.

The dosemu script that I tried to run after untarring  dosemu is /bin/sh.
I will edit to /bin/bash and try again.

> > 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?

We will find out eventually.  man zsh.

> Cheers,
> Steven
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