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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 12:43:18 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
cc: perfecto AT mail2 DOT nai DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Bash as the only shell
In-Reply-To: <19980508005312.AAC26907@ppp117.cartsys.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980508124104.9473L-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Thu, 7 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> >>Are you sure you need this?  What's wrong with loading it from 
> >>AUTOEXEC.BAT?
> >
> >35K
> 
> Hmm, that's a point.

I fail to see how 35KB can make any real difference if what you usually
run are DJGPP programs.  OTOH, running Bash as a login shell means you
cannot exit it, and some programs (like 16-bit DPMI ones) won't run under
Bash. 

YMMV.

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