.cshrc efficiency note

Mike Muuss mike at BRL.ARPA
Fri May 2 10:25:59 AEST 1986


If your .cshrc contains a like like:

set prompt=\!\ "`hostname`>"\ 

then this will cause the /bin/hostname program to be run FOR EVERY
PROMPT that the CSH prints out!  This can be a non-trivial load if
20-30 people are doing this.  Instead, I recommend the two line replacement:

set hostname=`hostname`
set prompt=\!\ "$hostname"\>\ 

since it is unlikely that the host name will change during a login
session.
	-Mike



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