Subject: Re: Unix
To: Michael Reeh <michaelr@connectnet.com>
From: Stephen C. Brown <sbrown@shellx.best.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/07/1997 23:21:14
>On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Stephen C. Brown wrote:
>
>> This is fine.  "#" is the prompt for the Bourne shell(possibly for the
>> Korne shell as well, but I rarely use that so I may be mistaken).  The
>> "$" shell is the default prompt for the C shell, which means that is
>> what you are used to using.
><snip>
>
>
>really? since when. # is the super user prompt, $ is regular users..
>:)
>
>michael reeh

Hi,

I really slipped a cog in my mental recall on this one.  Actually, what
I was trying to think of was the fact that for regular users "$" is the
prompt for bourne or korne shell and "%" is typically the  default prompt
for the C shell.  You are correct that "#" is used to indicate the
super-user prompt.

Steve Brown,
sbrown@best.com