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Old 12th February 2009
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Default CSH 'mch' variable?

In the default .cshrc that comes with NetBSD, there is a variable called 'mch', that is set: set mch = `hostname -s`

I have no idea what that is or for. I have looked through the man pages, google, books, I can't seem to find a reference for it. I notice that the next line is set prompt = "${mch:q}: {\!} ", so is 'mch' a made-up variable name that is only meant to help set the default prompt?
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In the default .cshrc that comes with NetBSD, there is a variable called 'mch', that is set: set mch = `hostname -s`

I have no idea what that is or for.
The manpage for hostname(1) states that -s strips off the domain name lefting (presumptively) the machine name -- which I suspect what 'mch' is meant to represent.
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...so is 'mch' a made-up variable name that is only meant to help set the default prompt?
Most likely so.
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