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Re: where is $SHELL set?
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Greg Matheson <lang at ms dot chinmin dot edu dot tw>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:01:47 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: where is $SHELL set?
- References: <20040218110026.A26963@ms.chinmin.edu.tw>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Greg Matheson wrote:
> I couldn't find anything about what is setting $SHELL.
> [snip]
>
> man bash says it sets BASH, but there is nothing about SHELL. Though I
> notice on a Linux server, SHELL is also set.
>
> Where is it being set?
> --
> Greg Matheson, Taiwan
Contrary to what the manpage says, bash sets $SHELL as part of its
initialization code.
Igor
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