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Different Directory Structure?
Authored by: pete on Jan 23, '03 03:21:53PM
Why is my directory structure significantly different from yours?

I am a Unix weenie, slowly learning, but I have noted that I do not have a .tcshrc or even a .xinitrc file anywhere. I do though have a tcsh.defaults file buried in /usr/share/tcsh/examples directory.

I have been trying to figure out how to fiddle with Terminal.app and now X11 from Apple. This is enough to throw a loop in my learning curve. Any ideas as to why mine is so different?

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Different Directory Structure?
Authored by: BananaFish on Jan 24, '03 12:37:48AM
You may not have a .tcshrc file if you don't use TCSH. If memory serves, TCSH was the default shell under OS X 10.1 and before. BASH (Bourne Again SHell) was added under 10.2 and it may be the default shell now -- I just don't recall.

You'll know which shell you're using by typing echo $SHELL at the command line. When I run this command it returns /bin/bash because I use BASH instead of TCSH.

Different shells use different files for initialization. BASH uses ~/.profile and/or ~/.bashrc

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Different Directory Structure?
Authored by: eckbert on Jan 24, '03 11:02:45AM

I use tcsh and have the same problems.
Since 10.2 APPLE changed some things. For my aliases i now have a file in ~/Library/init/tcsh/aliases.mine e.g.
So far so good but putting the code in a file tcsh.mine did not do any good.
Tell me if anyone had success on this



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