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Re: SHELL not always correct

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dqarras@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SHELL not always correct
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:58:33 +0100
Cc: ZSH Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx>, pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from Daniel Qarras <dqarras@xxxxxxxxx> of "Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:16:09 PDT." <903527.44182.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Daniel Qarras wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I'm wondering is this a bug or a feature:
> 
> localhost:~> echo $SHELL 
> /bin/zsh
> localhost:~> exec bash -l
> localhost:~$ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> localhost:~$ exec zsh -l -i
> localhost:~> echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash

I very much doubt whether bash is altering SHELL internally; try
starting with -x to see if it's coming from an initialisation file.

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Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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