Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Questions concerning BaSH Message-ID: Date: 11 Jan 91 05:47:32 GMT References: <71792@bu.edu.bu.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 23 In-reply-to: melling@cs.psu.edu's message of 9 Jan 91 21:37:26 GMT >>>>> On 9 Jan 91 21:37:26 GMT, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) said: Michael> I found BASH 1.05 to be very unstable. I wouldn't use it as my login Michael> shell. I have used bash as my login shell for more than a year now and loved it all the way. True, it has crashed a few times, but not nearly enough to be of any concern -- the advantages of bash outweighs the cost in a big way. Michael> For now though, I recommend tcsh. I just changed site and I haven't got bash set up yet, so I've been using tcsh for a few days now, and it driving me nuts. No searching, no undo, no piping out of for-loops ... YUCK. I wouldn't recommend bash as a login shell for naive (non UNIX literate) users, yet. For me its the best there is. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.