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Re: zsh vs ksh

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh users <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zsh vs ksh
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:00:46 +0000
In-reply-to: ""William H. Magill""'s message of "Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:05:26 EST." <2B1BAD39-19FA-11D8-BE95-000393768D2C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"William H. Magill" wrote:
> What is the reasonable way to determine if the contents of a .profile 
> are being read by zsh or bash?
> 
> Especially when using zsh to emulate ksh.

  [ x$ZSH_VERSION != x ]

works even in ksh emulation.  If you're not paranoid about old versions
of bash, and your sure there isn't a more basic sh lying around, you can
use the more natural

  [[ -n $ZSH_VERSION ]]

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070

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