Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl
From: friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Should ``csh'' be part of the System V distribution?
Summary: All |sh| are not created equal(ly)
Keywords: csh==Berkeley shell, should it be in System V or not?
Message-ID: <669@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 88 05:20:20 GMT
References: <2599@usceast.UUCP> <2601@usceast.UUCP> <2593@polyslo.UUCP> <668@vsi.UUCP>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <668@vsi.UUCP>, sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) writes:
< In article <2593@polyslo.UUCP>, jeff@polyslo.UUCP (Skippy The Wonder Hacker) writes:
< > 
< >   The system that I run is the major unix machine for the university.
< > Here is the breakdown on shells:
< > 
< > 	csh(actually tcsh):	740
< > 	sh:			  5
< 
< When I was going to school (UCSB, just down the road a ways :-) I'd say
< most if not all students were using csh.  It was the default shell and
< we didn't know any better to change it or even if we wanted to.

Also keep in mind that many 4.2 systems don't have the Sys V /bin/sh,
which is a lot nicer than UCB /bin/sh.  Sure, there is no history, but
shell functions are really wonderful.  I use sh and ksh all the time,
but when I login to the VAX back at school I lose my mind.

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