[Zeno C]

the ~/.tcshrc file in Panther (I tried 7b21 and 7b80) it is not executed:

I tried to put some 'alias' in it and a 'setenv PATH ${PATH}:....' line, but nothing !
I quitted and relauched the Terminal and it acts as there was NO ".tcshrc".

I tried to put the same lines in a ~/.cshrc and in a ~/.login...but still nothing

anyone can help ?

[bracken]

Isn't bash the default shell in Panther?

[Zeno C]

yeah, you're right (it's bash)

but even moving those lines to a .bashrc doesNOT work ....

...why? I suppose in bash the 'alias' and 'setenv PATH' command are not supported, right?

[clarkgoble]

Bash has a slightly different syntax that csh/tcsh.

[bracken]

Here's a thread on converting your .tcshrc to .bashrc.

[Johnny_B]

Should we change from Bash to tcsh on OS X 10.3 ? I've only used tcsh, and as a simple shell user, using something else would be like starting all over again. Or not ??

[bracken]

Originally posted by Johnny_B:
Should we change from Bash to tcsh on OS X 10.3 ? I've only used tcsh, and as a simple shell user, using something else would be like starting all over again. Or not ??

I wouldn't see why you would have to change. It's a personal preference. In the Panther Terminal.app Preferences change "Execute this command" to /bin/tcsh.

[asmodeus]

Or run /Applications/Utilties/NetInfoManager.app and change your shell in /users/<username> to change your login shell. Or use 'niutil' to change it.

Kind of related - is Panther under NDA or anything? If not, does the bash setup have any kind of init setup like tcsh, where you can put things like aliases.mine, environment.mine and the like in ~/Library/init/tcsh or equivalent?

[Rainy Day]

From man bash:

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       When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or  as
       a  non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first
       reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if
       that  file  exists.  After reading that file, it looks for
       ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and  ~/.profile,  in  that
       order,  and reads and executes commands from the first one
       that exists and is readable.  The --noprofile  option  may
       be  used  when the shell is started to inhibit this behav-
       ior.

       When a login shell exits, bash reads and executes commands
       from the file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.

       When  an  interactive  shell  that is not a login shell is
       started, bash reads and executes commands from  ~/.bashrc,
       if  that  file exists.  This may be inhibited by using the
       --norc option.  The --rcfile file option will  force  bash
       to   read  and  execute  commands  from  file  instead  of
       ~/.bashrc.