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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 22:57:29 -0500
To: "Hill, Shane" <Shane DOT Hill AT dsto DOT defence DOT gov DOT au>,
   "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem with Bash 2.05a-2
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At 06:24 PM 11/18/2001, Hill, Shane wrote:
>G'day, 
>   
>For some reason bash-2.05a-2 does not export the SHELL environment variable. If you type "echo $SHELL" you get the right response of "/bin/bash", however, if you type "env | grep SHELL" the variable is not to be seen. bash-2.05-8 seems to be working correctly though and I have moved back to this version. 
>   
>I first noticed it when I ran KDE's kvt. For some reason it was using a Bourne shell and not a Bash shell. I checked the environment for the SHELL variable and it was not there. I manually set "export SHELL=/bin/bash" and ran kvt again and it ran correctly with a Bash shell. 
>
>Have Fun !! 
>Shane Hill 
>============================================================================= 
>Shane D. Hill (Aeronautical Engineer, Hons, University of Sydney) 
>Airframes and Engines Division, 
>Aeronautical & Maritime Research Laboratory, 
>Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 
>PO Box 4331, 
>Melbourne, Victoria 3001, AUSTRALIA. 
>(506 Lorimer St, Fishermens Bend, Vic. 3207, AUSTRALIA.)    
>Email:  <mailto:Shane DOT Hill AT dsto DOT defence DOT gov DOT au>Shane DOT Hill AT dsto DOT defence DOT gov DOT au 
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