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Date:Mon Mar 13 20:58:09 2001 
Subject:Re: csh/sh not an issue 
From:ug55aes 
Volume-ID:1010313.05 

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:29:21AM +0000, Aaron Sloman wrote:
> 2. The poplog SYSTEM scripts use csh and can be used *whatever*
> shell the user happens to be using. Moreover csh (or tcsh) is
> available on *every* unix/linux system.

OK, I will nitpick on this one :)

I could specifically remove csh from my system if I wanted to, and it's
reasonable to assume that if I could, then someone will.  Given that
it's a simple test, I thought I might as well put the check in.

To be fair, I didn't know that the bash/sh script versions existed when
I first started writing the script, so "requires csh/tcsh" is an
overstatement I probably wouldn't have made otherwise.

That said, the bash script `poplog.sh` seems to require pre-set
environment variables, whereas `poplog` doesn't.  Is that fair?  If so,
which ones specifically are needed?

> So there is no problem about which shell is used for the poplog
> scripts: I think this discussion has been based on a
> misunderstanding.

And miscommunication.  My fault entirely.

        - Andrew