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From:	"Vince" <jhary AT unsane DOT co DOT uk>
To:	"'Jason Pearce'" <jason DOT pearce AT ieee DOT org>,
	"'Cygwin List'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: How well supported is csh/tcsh?
Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:05:59 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Jason Pearce
> Sent: 20 April 2005 16:30
> To: Cygwin List
> Subject: How well supported is csh/tcsh?
> 
> I have been using bash within my Cygwin environment thus far.
> But all are other UNIX machines are set up to use /bin/csh so 
> I am considering making the shift to either /bin/csh or 
> /bin/tcsh under cygwin.
> 
> Preliminary experiments look good, but I have the feeling the 
> majority of Cygwin users are with bash, even if I have no 
> factual basis for it! So
> 
> o Do most new/upgraded packages work or do you always have to 
> port setup scripts?

Sorry, I don't get what you mean

> o Can I use tsch as a "nicer" csh and should this be fully 
> compatible with csh?
Yes see below.
> o Any testimonials good or bad?

For FreeBSD, the default shell is tcsh (masquerading as csh.) 
For most linux's its BASH (sometimes pretending to be sh)
The shell you use is normaly down to personal preference, 
I prefer bash as that's what Ive always used, others swear by 
(t)csh, ksh or zsh.
Tcsh is fully csh compatible according to http://www.tcsh.org/Welcome
and I'd recopmend it over csh. As an aside, if your planning to do 
much shell scripting, I'd recommend using sh/bash/ksh (never used zsh 
so cant comment) over csh/tcsh.
See http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/for reasons 
Against using csh although this is only if you are planning to do much 
Scripting with csh.

Vince

> 
> Regards,
> Jason
> 
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