Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA From: gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Csh alias philosophy and short command names Message-ID: <12498@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 18:28:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12498 Posted: Wed Aug 15 18:28:52 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 01:16:48 EDT Lines: 8 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)The "sourcable shell file" idea is cute but unfortunately not very general, as compared with #! execable files that added a generally- useful facility. It doesn't seem wise to encourage proliferation of facilities that are not widely useful. For example, a Bourne shell user or a general program will get no benefit at all from a csh-sourcable shell file.