On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 11:14:22AM CDT, ~flipper <lord.flipper at gmail.com> wrote: : : I'm having 'issues' with Tigers implementation of bash. I used tcsh : in Jaguar, for a long time, and got used to it. So, i set it as my : 'default' in the Tiger version of Terminal. : : But if i look into netutil, or netinfo, i see me, as : <myshortusername>, listing /bin/bash as my default shell. terminal : opens in tcsh, though. Yes, that's a Terminal.app preference. Check it. : I don't have my .tcshrc file any more, and it's been so long since i : set it up, in Jag, that i've forgotten some basics. Time to hit the : books, harder this time. : : No MOTD when i launch terminal, yet i have my aliases, that I set up : myself, like implicitcd, 4-character tab-completion for : directories/files, etc... same color scheme, even. How is it possible : to be unable to locate my rc file (I use Xfile, so everything is : 'visible' in 'my' finder), and yet have alterations that were made in : it, on my old box, being active? I don't know what "Xfile" is, but I don't think it's relevant. But are you sure you don't have any files like ~/.tcshrc, ~/.cshrc, ~/.login, or anything else? Check your home directory for anything that contains your aliases such as "implicitcd". : Something is not adding up. Can I still set the PATH with setenv, or : do i have to use EXPORT like bash? Or is that even a bash 'thing'? It : all seemed simpler a couple years ago. maybe it's senility.. I don't : know. : : brian s tcsh lets you use setenv. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/