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# 8  
Old 04-13-2005
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Originally Posted by vino
My first line in the script (after the #! /bin/sh and following # lines ) were,
this is a shell script that uses the normal "#!" directive and that the user is running by calling "sh scriptname" ... if the OP has a particular requirement to set SHELL, which is an environmental variable, then the code is to check $SHELL is required ... however, the "#!" directive has already set the script's run shell as "/bin/sh" so the run shell --- whether SHELL is reset to a different shell or not --- is technically "/bin/sh" ...
Last edited by Just Ice; 04-13-2005 at 03:20 PM.. Reason: clarification
# 9  
Old 04-13-2005
True enough. Should have caught that. That magic number should be removed. In all fairness, I agree with your statement earlier - that is - pick a shell and go with it. I dont think trying to write a generic shell script to run under all shells is worth the effort (just my opinion)
# 10  
Old 04-14-2005
google, thanks for the links.

And thanks to all for the opinions. I guess I will have to stick to one SHELL and build !

Vino
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