SHELLS(5) BSD File Formats Manual SHELLS(5)
NAME
shells -- shell database
DESCRIPTION
The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path,
relative to root.
A hash mark (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines
which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.
FILES
/etc/shells The shells file resides in /etc.
SEE ALSO
getusershell(3)
HISTORY
The shells file format appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 4.2 Berkeley Distribution
