Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!JUTS!pccuts!acs From: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: ! Message-ID: <1005@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com> Date: 11 Jun 91 18:57:41 GMT References: <1316@cbmger.UUCP> <1991Jun7.190109.7237@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Reply-To: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 20 In article <1991Jun7.190109.7237@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: >peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: > >>No, not with every UNIX. It is dependant on the shell you use on this >>UNIX. As far as I remember it was only one shell which needed this >>backslash stupidity, but don't ask me for the name, don't remember it. > >Well, both csh and tcsh require it on this Sun 4.0.1. Csh requires it on every box I've ever tried it on. And dont forget bash (if you set histchars or have it set for you). >-- >Dan Griffin >griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu -- Tony Sumrall acs@pcc.amdahl.com <=> amdahl!pcc.amdahl.com!acs [ Opinions expressed herein are the author's and should not be construed to reflect the views of Amdahl Corp. ]