Tcsh-6.13.00

Introduction to Tcsh

The Tcsh package contains "an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley Unix C shell (csh)". This is useful as an alternative shell for those who prefer C syntax to that of the bash shell, and also because some programs require the C shell in order to install.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/shells/tcsh/tcsh-6.13.00.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/shells/tcsh/tcsh-6.13.00.tar.gz
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Estimated build time: 0.16 SBU

Installation of Tcsh

Install Tcsh by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
make install.man &&
ln -sf /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/csh

Command explanations

ln -sf /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/csh: The FHS states that if there is a C shell installed, there should be a symlink from /bin/csh to it. This creates that symlink.

Configuring Tcsh

Config files

There are numerous configuration files for the C shell. Examples of these are /etc/csh.cshrc, /etc/csh.login, /etc/csh.logout, ~/.tcshrc, ~/.cshrc, ~/.history, ~/.cshdirs, ~/.login, ~/.logout. More information on these files can be found in the tcsh(1) man page.

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