From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor -at-fruitbat.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:23:50 -0700 (PDT)
::On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Spack wrote:
::
::> I've tried to change the default shell (bash) to zsh by changing the
::> appropriated line in the /etc/passwd file but when I reload cygwin I'm
::> always on bash. How can I change the default shell ?
::
::The stock startup script (cygwin.bat) has bash hardcoded in it, so if
::you're starting it from the icon, that's why. If you're starting it from
::some other method, well, you'll have to give a little more info on that
::first (my mind reading skills are a little rusty :)
::
::You can create zsh icons using the mkzsh command, if you don't want to
::modify the stock Cywin script. Run mkzsh to get a list of options, then
::run it again with options to create zsh scripts. Of course, you can
::simply copy cygwin.bat and modify that to your hearts content.
Hi,
I also use zsh as my main shell on cygwin.
I usally use chere package, distributed with cygwin packages, or
just create a shortcut from [cygwin_dir]/bin/zsh.exe on my desktop.
Hope this helps,
Haro
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