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Re: zsh vs ksh



"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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