[ACK! I just realized I was continuing my usurping of the thread. Sorry.] >On 09/02/2010 04:29 PM, risin...@nationwide.com wrote: >> I use pdksh as my login shell - I have been using the Korn shell (thanks >> Dave!) since 1984 or so, so it is what I am used to and has features I >> haven't been able to find in bash - at least not yet. So to expedite >> script writing, I use the ksh language and features Every time that I >> write a script, I have to remember to put in the shebang line >> (#!/bin/pdksh) or half the time my scripts won't work. >> >> Is there a way to change the default shell for cygwin? I checked the user >> guide and the FAQ, but no joy there. I tried setting and exporting the >> SHELL variable, but that did not work. > >Assuming you meant the default shell for your particular user id, it is >just a matter of changing cygwin.bat or whatever shortcut you are using >to start cygwin to call pdksh instead of bash. You can also edit >/etc/passwd to set your preferred shell (some tools, like mintty, honor >that setting).
My /etc/passwd entry: RISINGP1:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:287838:10545:RISINGP1,U-NWIE\RISINGP1,S-1-5-21-725345543-616249376-1177238915-277838:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/risingp1:/bin/pdksh My cygwin.bat: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin REM bash --login -i REM pdksh -l -i start mintty -p 70,0 -t Console -e - This starts me off in pdksh, but when I execute a shell script, it runs under bash. Any other ideas? Thanks, - Phil P.S. I did not realize I was commandeering the thread. My apologies - it won't happen again. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
