Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/09/02/18:57:46
[ACK! I just realized I was continuing my usurping of the thread. Sorry.]
>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).
My /etc/passwd entry:
RISINGP1:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:287838:10545:RISINGP1,U-NWIE\RISINGP1,S-1-5-21-725345543-616249376-1177238915-277838:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/risingp1:/bin/pdksh
My cygwin.bat:
@echo off
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin
REM bash --login -i
REM pdksh -l -i
start mintty -p 70,0 -t Console -e -
This starts me off in pdksh, but when I execute a shell script, it runs
under bash.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
- Phil
P.S.
I did not realize I was commandeering the thread. My apologies - it won't
happen again.
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