On 2/12/16 10:38 AM, David Hunt wrote:
> I'm not trying to write scripts that rely on the value of BASH. I only
> discoverd the discrepancy while investigating the potential usefulness
> of various variables set by the shell. Perhaps I just don't get the
> point of having the variable in the first place.

The idea is to have a `standard' variable that does its best to tell you
what the current shell is.  SHELL is not suitable for that.

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