I couldn't find anything about what is setting $SHELL. In a cygwin rxvt window:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep BASH /etc/profile /etc/bash* ~/.bash* ~/.profile grep: /home/greg/.profile: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep SHELL /etc/profile /etc/bash* ~/.bash* ~/.profile grep: /home/greg/.profile: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $SHELL /bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $BASH /bin/bash In a DOS shell: C:\cygwin\home\greg>echo %SHELL% ECHO is on C:\cygwin\home\greg>bash BASH-2.05b$ rm .bash_history BASH-2.05b$ grep SHELL /etc/profile /etc/bash* ~/.bash* ~/.profile grep: /home/greg/.bash*: No such file or directory grep: /home/greg/.profile: No such file or directory BASH-2.05b$ echo $SHELL /bin/bash BASH-2.05b$ echo $BASH /usr/bin/BASH BASH-2.05b$ 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
