* I get tcsh at login; want zsh
@ 2006-07-16 23:28 Russell Hoover
2006-07-17 0:09 ` Mikael Magnusson
2006-07-17 7:08 ` Thorsten Kampe
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Russell Hoover @ 2006-07-16 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Admins recently made a change to a shell account of mine, after which
I now no longer get my zsh prompt at login, I get a generic tcsh prompt.
I then have to type 'zsh' to get my zsh environment as I have it set up.
Also when I log out of zsh with 'bye', I get put back into the generic
tcsh prompt and then have to type 'exit' to log off:
nautilus%
nautilus%
nautilus% zsh
[nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:38
[nautilus:~]+ uname -a pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:41
SunOS nautilus 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
[nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:47
[nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:51
[nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:52
[nautilus:~]+ bye pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:52
nautilus% exit
logout
Connection to shell.shore.net closed.
(No changes were made to my own .zprofile, .zshenv or .zshrc.)
I mentioned this to the admins but they're clueless and, though a few
shell-account users remain on this ISP (Primushost, formerly shore.net),
shell accounts are no longer supported. Zsh is version 3.1.6. I need
this account for now and can't close it for awhile.
What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
of zsh?
--
// rj@panix.com //
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* Re: I get tcsh at login; want zsh
2006-07-16 23:28 I get tcsh at login; want zsh Russell Hoover
@ 2006-07-17 0:09 ` Mikael Magnusson
2006-07-17 1:58 ` Vincent Lefevre
2006-07-17 3:13 ` Christopher Browne
2006-07-17 7:08 ` Thorsten Kampe
1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Mikael Magnusson @ 2006-07-17 0:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On 7/17/06, Russell Hoover <rj@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Admins recently made a change to a shell account of mine, after which
> I now no longer get my zsh prompt at login, I get a generic tcsh prompt.
>
> I then have to type 'zsh' to get my zsh environment as I have it set up.
> Also when I log out of zsh with 'bye', I get put back into the generic
> tcsh prompt and then have to type 'exit' to log off:
>
> nautilus%
> nautilus%
> nautilus% zsh
> [nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:38
> [nautilus:~]+ uname -a pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:41
> SunOS nautilus 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
> [nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:47
> [nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:51
> [nautilus:~]+ pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:52
> [nautilus:~]+ bye pts/1 Sunday 2006/07/16 19:09:52
> nautilus% exit
> logout
> Connection to shell.shore.net closed.
>
>
> (No changes were made to my own .zprofile, .zshenv or .zshrc.)
>
> I mentioned this to the admins but they're clueless and, though a few
> shell-account users remain on this ISP (Primushost, formerly shore.net),
> shell accounts are no longer supported. Zsh is version 3.1.6. I need
> this account for now and can't close it for awhile.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
> of zsh?
Check what startup files are used by tcsh and put 'exec zsh' in it.
--
Mikael Magnusson
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* Re: I get tcsh at login; want zsh
2006-07-17 0:09 ` Mikael Magnusson
@ 2006-07-17 1:58 ` Vincent Lefevre
2006-07-17 3:13 ` Christopher Browne
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Vincent Lefevre @ 2006-07-17 1:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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On 2006-07-17 02:09:51 +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On 7/17/06, Russell Hoover <rj@panix.com> wrote:
[...]
> >What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
> >of zsh?
>
> Check what startup files are used by tcsh and put 'exec zsh' in it.
Some care must be taken. At the end of your .cshrc:
if ($?prompt && ! $?TCSH) then
if ("$prompt" != "" && -X zsh) then
setenv SHELL `which \zsh`
if ($?loginsh) set SHELL = "$SHELL -l"
exec shexec $SHELL
endif
endif
where shexec is the attached Perl script. The tcsh exec bug has been
fixed in recent versions of tcsh; so, you may not necessarily need
shexec.
--
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100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/>
Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
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#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Workaround for the tcsh exec bug. Example:
# tcsh> exec shexec zsh
use strict;
eval {
require POSIX;
foreach (3..63)
{ POSIX::close $_ if -t $_ }
1;
} or warn <<"EOF";
Perl POSIX module not found! The non-standard file descriptors attached
to a tty (as those let open by this buggy tcsh) could not be closed.
EOF
exec @ARGV;
# $Id: shexec 11281 2006-02-27 13:24:27Z lefevre $
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* Re: I get tcsh at login; want zsh
2006-07-17 0:09 ` Mikael Magnusson
2006-07-17 1:58 ` Vincent Lefevre
@ 2006-07-17 3:13 ` Christopher Browne
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Browne @ 2006-07-17 3:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mikael Magnusson; +Cc: zsh-users
On 7/16/06, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
> > of zsh?
>
> Check what startup files are used by tcsh and put 'exec zsh' in it.
While easy to invoke, that mayn't be the wisest approach.
Should there not be a path to zsh, for some reason, you might discover
yourself unable to login anymore.
I'd be *much* more inclined to run some test for existence first, and,
better still, to test that zsh actually works before committing to
"exec zsh"
Thus, a logic like...
if -e /usr/bin/zsh; then
if /usr/bin/zsh "invoke something that should return true"; then
exec /usr/bin/zsh
fi
fi
Perhaps that should involve a search for where zsh is...
--
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linux.html
Oddly enough, this is completely standard behaviour for shells. This
is a roundabout way of saying `don't use combined chains of `&&'s and
`||'s unless you think Gödel's theorem is for sissies'.
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* Re: I get tcsh at login; want zsh
2006-07-16 23:28 I get tcsh at login; want zsh Russell Hoover
2006-07-17 0:09 ` Mikael Magnusson
@ 2006-07-17 7:08 ` Thorsten Kampe
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Kampe @ 2006-07-17 7:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
* Russell Hoover (2006-07-17 00:28 +0100)
> Admins recently made a change to a shell account of mine, after which
> I now no longer get my zsh prompt at login, I get a generic tcsh prompt.
> [...]
> I mentioned this to the admins but they're clueless and, though a few
> shell-account users remain on this ISP (Primushost, formerly shore.net),
> shell accounts are no longer supported. Zsh is version 3.1.6. I need
> this account for now and can't close it for awhile.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
> of zsh?
That's a trick question, right?! To be able to log diectly into a
shell you have to make that shell your, your, your /login shell/,
right.
What do you have to do to make a shell your login shell? That's Uniz
101 so I won't tell you that but just try 'apropos "login shell"' and
the command should be the first returned.
By the way: zsh 3.1.6 is ridiciously outdated...
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