[wplug] csh question

[Tom Rhodes]

On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:30:07 -0400
Mark Sikora <markys at comcast.net> wrote:

> jdwoods at comcast.net wrote:
> > I don't know of a way to do file completion with Solaris 8 or 9, and 
> > we really don't know the names of all files. Most times we hunt them 
> > down with find or locate. What most Solaris Admins use for a shell is 
> > ksh, which by pressing Esc and then k will bring up the last command. 
> > By repeatedly pressing k, it will go through your history. It would be 
> > great to have bash on Solaris. Most of the time I use Linux though...
> >  
> > Jeff
> >  
> Is it not possible to install bash on Solaris?

Of course.  I'm not sure what code changes would be involved, if
any, but it's possible.  It's been too long since last I played
with Solaris, but check out bigadmin.com.  They may even have
a package.

-- 
Tom Rhodes