tcsh --> bash

[M. Daniel Becque]

Thanks for your input. I'll look into bash-completion. I didn't want to
cause an inadvertent change in my macports setup.

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jason Swails <jason.swails at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM, M. Daniel Becque <mdbecque at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> When I installed Macports my machine was configured with tcsh as the
>> default shell [it's a G4 mac running 10.4]. I want to change the default
>> shell to bash.
>> Easy to do but my question is what do I need to change in my Macports
>> setup? It looks like I'll need to add the Macports path to my ~/.profile,
>> but is there anything else I am missing?
>>
>
> When MacPorts installed, it just dumped the statement:
>
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
>
> to my ~/.bash_profile.  Since everything else should be shell-independent,
> I don't think there's anything else you need.
>
> If you're making the switch to bash, though, I highly recommend installing
> the "bash-completion" port and putting the line:
>
> test -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion && . /opt/local/etc/bash_completion
>
> in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile.  Bash-completion is awesome, and
> they have completion for just about anything you could want :) (git, ssh,
> rsync, make, configure, cvs, cups, bip2, autoconf, coreutils--just to name
> a few. One of my machines claims to have over 200 available bash completion
> options).
>
> All the best,
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason M. Swails
> Quantum Theory Project,
> University of Florida
> Ph.D. Candidate
> 352-392-4032
>
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