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Article #2205Re: tcsh
From: Sean Lamont
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 21:05
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 21:05
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In article <1993Jan6.155021.23331@ms.uky.edu> iguana@mik.uky.edu writes: >Cshell is generally accepted over Bourne shell (sh) for the fact that it >allows shell programming in the C language. TCshell is often used because >it allows for WATCHes to be set. For instance, I use TCshell because I can >leave a terminal window open and it will update me as to who is logging >into and off my machine. > What a totally bogus statement. Any reasonable shell programmer uses bourne shell just because it's more flexible. And cshell does NOT allow shell programming in the C language, just some of the syntax is shared. tcsh has a number of features that are desirable: Command-history scrollback, tab filename completion, watches, periodically executed commands, date/time/cwd in the prompt string, and many others. -- Sean T. Lamont | "Don't oppress me, It's zeno@genetics.washington.edu | 'computer of color!' " lamont@abstractsoft.com |_______________________________ Abstract Software
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!phylo.genetics.washington.edu!zeno From: zeno@phylo.genetics.washington.edu (Sean Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: tcsh Date: 6 Jan 1993 21:05:06 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 21 Message-ID: <1ifhi2INNcr7@shelley.u.washington.edu> References: <1993Jan6.155021.23331@ms.uky.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: phylo.genetics.washington.edu