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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:58:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: Spack <spack DOT world AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Cygwin and zsh...
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Spack wrote:

> Thanks for your response...
>
>> Ok, so what are you expecting to find in /etc/shells and how does that
>> relate to you running your shell of choice?
>
> This file lists all available shells, no ?

But it has no baring on weither you can start your shell or not.  Only
some services actually look at /etc/shells.  Starting a shell from an
icon definitely does not.

> And I indeed start cygwin from the icon. I'll test mkzsh...

That should "solve" your problem.

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Peter A. Castro <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org> or <Peter DOT Castro AT oracle DOT com>
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