On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Virginia Mann wrote: > This is probably a dumb question, but I'm a real newbie, so here goes.... > > What is the proper way to make zsh the default shell in Cygwin? I installed > it and can start it up by typing "zsh" at a bash prompt, but how do I make > it take the place of the bash shell entirely?
The latest version of zsh for Cygwin (4.0.6-2) has a shell script which creates a desktop and/or menu item specifically for starting a zsh shell. $ mkzsh --desktop This'll create a desktop icon named 'Cygwin Zsh' which will open a window and start a zsh shell. mkzsh creates a batch filenamed zsh.bat, which is what the icon runs, so you can modify it as you like. Sorry, no doc for mkzsh, but it's basically a wrapper around mkshortcut (which does have a manpage :) > Thanks. -- Peter A. Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- 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/