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Date: | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:00 -0600 |
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On 09/02/2010 04:29 PM, RISINGP1 AT nationwide DOT com wrote: > I use pdksh as my login shell - I have been using the Korn shell (thanks > Dave!) since 1984 or so, so it is what I am used to and has features I > haven't been able to find in bash - at least not yet. So to expedite > script writing, I use the ksh language and features Every time that I > write a script, I have to remember to put in the shebang line > (#!/bin/pdksh) or half the time my scripts won't work. > > Is there a way to change the default shell for cygwin? I checked the user > guide and the FAQ, but no joy there. I tried setting and exporting the > SHELL variable, but that did not work. Assuming you meant the default shell for your particular user id, it is just a matter of changing cygwin.bat or whatever shortcut you are using to start cygwin to call pdksh instead of bash. You can also edit /etc/passwd to set your preferred shell (some tools, like mintty, honor that setting). -- Eric Blake eblake AT redhat DOT com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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