Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote......
> Strictly speaking, $SHELL is *NOT* "the currently
> executing shell". From 'info bash':
> `SHELL'
The full pathname to the shell is kept in this
environment variable. If it is not set when
the shell starts, Bash assigns to it the full
pathname of the current user's login shell.
> So if you have csh as your login shell, and do
> the following:
> % echo $SHELL
> /bin/csh
> % unsetenv SHELL
> % exec /bin/bash
> % echo $SHELL # at this point you're running
> bash, but SHELL is
> /bin/csh....
You see the point is "which shell are you are
intrested in?" Are you interested in the currently
executing shell. Or you are interested in your
login shell. The former is aval thru echo $SHELL.
and the error reporting. The latter is available
thru cat /etc/passwd.
bye
shiraz
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