02-04-2004
Someone's bound to reply who knows how to do this and negate my answer...
... but in short I don't know how and can't imagine why you'd want to. Any reason inparticular you're trying to do this? If the first parameter is, for example, a name you're passing to the script, it seems alot easier to me to just script name="$1" and call it a day.
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getusershell
getusershell(3) Library Functions Manual getusershell(3)
NAME
getusershell, getusershell_r, setusershell, setusershell_r, endusershell, endusershell_r - Get the names of legal user shells
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
char *getusershell(void);
int setusershell(void);
int endusershell(void);
The following obsolete functions are supported in order to maintain backward compatibility with previous versions of the operating system.
You should not use them in new designs. int getusershell_r( char *shell, int len unsigned int *state);
int setusershell_r( unsigned int *state);
int endusershell_r( unsigned int *state);
PARAMETERS
Points to a buffer for the shell name. Specifies the length of the shell parameter. Points to a variable which stores information about
the contents of the /etc/shells file.
DESCRIPTION
The getusershell() function returns a pointer to a string that contains the name of a legal user shell as defined by the system manager in
the /etc/shells file. If the /etc/shells file does not exist, the standard system shells are returned.
On subsequent calls, the getusershell() function returns the next shell. The endusershell() function resets the list so that subsequent
calls of getusershell() reread the list from /etc/shells. The setusershell() function rereads the list from /etc/shells and subsequent
calls of getusershell() start from the beginning.
NOTES
The getusershell() function returns a pointer to thread-specific data. Subsequent calls to the function from the same thread overwrite
this data.
The getusershell_r(), setusershell_r(), and endusershell_r() functions are obsolete reentrant versions of the getusershell(), setuser-
shell(), and endusershell() functions. They are supported in order to maintain backward compatibility with previous versions of the oper-
ating system and should not be used in new designs. Note that you must initialize the state parameter to 0 (zero) before its first access
by any of these functions.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the getusershell() function returns a pointer to a character string. If it fails or reaches the end of the
shell file, it returns a null pointer.
Upon successful completion, the getusershell_r() function stores a pointer to the shell name in shell and returns a value of 0 (zero).
Upon failure, it returns a value of -1 and places an appropriate value in the errno variable.
Upon successful completion, the setusershell_r() function returns a value of 0 (zero). Upon failure, it returns a value of -1 and places
an appropriate value in the errno variable.
The endusershell_r() function always returns a value of 0 (zero).
ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occurs, the getusershell_r() function sets errno to the corresponding value:
Either the shell parameter is invalid, the len parameter is too small, or the state parameter is a null pointer. The end of the shell list
has been reached (EOF).
If the following condition occurs, the setusershell_r() function sets errno to the corresponding value: Unable to allocate memory for the
reread list of shells.
FILES
Contains the names of legal user shells.
RELATED INFORMATION
Files: shells(4).
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