This was discussed last week. See the email archives for the details. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Voice: +61 3 9626 7811 >FAX: +61 3 9626 7072 >============================================================================= > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
