From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.strozzi.it ([80.105.103.166]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <76124>; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:18:49 -0500 Received: from carlos by mail.strozzi.it with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16g4Bz-0001cJ-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:32:23 +0100 Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:32:23 -0500 From: Carlo Strozzi To: rc Shell Subject: Re: non login "rc" needs customized environment Message-ID: <20020227143223.I350@texne.com> Mail-Followup-To: Carlo Strozzi , rc Shell References: <20020227014623.10430.qmail@merton.aus.deuba.com> <02Feb26.211609edt.75678@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <02Feb26.211609edt.75678@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>; from cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu on Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 09:16:03PM -0500 Organization: ScriptaWorks.COM On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 09:16:03PM -0500, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > > Consulting .rcrc for every new shell requires reading and parsing all > of it on every semi-interactive subshell. (The same is true for any > other file rc would be looking at, of course.) > > I spawn a lot of copies of rc over the course of my day. I'm not > really enthused about adding this overhead (and this dependancy on > $home responding right now) to them. I use rc heavily for Web scripting, so it would be even more of a problem. Please do not go that way. carlo -- For easier reading please set the Courier font. Messages larger than 30 KB may not receive immediate attention. Freedom for Business: http://swpat.ffii.org