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Re: Problem with Bash 2.05a-2


This was discussed last week.  See the email archives for the details.

Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
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At 06:24 PM 11/18/2001, Hill, Shane wrote:
>G'day, 
>   
>For some reason bash-2.05a-2 does not export the SHELL environment variable. If you type "echo $SHELL" you get the right response of "/bin/bash", however, if you type "env | grep SHELL" the variable is not to be seen. bash-2.05-8 seems to be working correctly though and I have moved back to this version. 
>   
>I first noticed it when I ran KDE's kvt. For some reason it was using a Bourne shell and not a Bash shell. I checked the environment for the SHELL variable and it was not there. I manually set "export SHELL=/bin/bash" and ran kvt again and it ran correctly with a Bash shell. 
>
>Have Fun !! 
>Shane Hill 
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>Shane D. Hill (Aeronautical Engineer, Hons, University of Sydney) 
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>Aeronautical & Maritime Research Laboratory, 
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