On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 06:49:08AM -0500, will trillich wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pkm) writes: > > > > > > hey... how can I set my default shell (when I don't have root > > > access)... I'm being forced to use csh but I want to use bash > > if you don't wanna have to also log out of your default shell, > you can do something like this: > > % bash && exit > > then when you log out of your bash invocation, your csh instance > will exit as well.
or simply do a $ exec bash This will *replace* the current shell (csh) instead of creating a new process for the bash (fork + exec). You will benefit from saving a bit of memory, especially if you do it many times in your 20+ terminals... Cheers -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing ag -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
