On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:56:49PM +0100, Ruben Porras wrote: > so, echo $SHELL seems not to be reliable, how could I now which shell I > am using? (Imagine you need to know in a script)?
You should never need to know this in a script, because (correct) scripts should always have #! lines at the top specifying the interpreter to use. In practice I've never found myself needing a shell variable to let me know in any other situation either; I know what my login shell is, and I can use 'getent passwd | grep ^whatever-my-user-name-is' to find out if I don't. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
