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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:01:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Greg Matheson <lang AT ms DOT chinmin DOT edu DOT tw>
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Subject: Re: where is $SHELL set?
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Greg Matheson wrote:

> I couldn't find anything about what is setting $SHELL.
> [snip]
>
> man bash says it sets BASH, but there is nothing about SHELL. Though I
> notice on a Linux server, SHELL is also set.
>
> Where is it being set?
> --
> Greg Matheson, Taiwan

Contrary to what the manpage says, bash sets $SHELL as part of its
initialization code.
	Igor
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