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Re: Permanently changing shell [message #37239 is a reply to message #37232]

Sat, 06 December 2003 13:48

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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pford@bcm.tmc.edu (Patrick Ford) writes:
> Greetings:
>
> I upgraded to MacOS 10.3 (Panther) last night and IDL got trashed. In
> the processed of reinstalling it, including all the Unix config
> files/scripts, I discovered that the shell had be changed to bash from
> the tsch that it had been. Since my Unix skills are limited and since
> the info pages at rsinc.com are written for the tsch shell I am at an
> impass.
>
> I need to know how to reset the default shell and get the scripts
> reset. I think I do the latter by editing the .cshrc and .tcshrc
> file in the Users/MyDir/ to include:

I don't have a Mac, but it is common under unix-like operating systems
to be able to change your shell with the "chsh" command.

It's strange and annoying that the upgrade install would change your
shell, since usually that information is stored in the sacrosanct
/etc/passwd file.

Good luck,
Craig

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		Re: Permanently changing shell By: R.Bauer on Mon, 08 December 2003 00:54
		Re: Permanently changing shell By: Craig Markwardt on Sat, 06 December 2003 13:48
		Re: Permanently changing shell By: Hugh Wolf on Sat, 06 December 2003 12:34
		Re: Permanently changing shell By: pford on Fri, 12 December 2003 16:49

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