On 09/02/2010 04:29 PM, risin...@nationwide.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).
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