On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Alan Porter wrote:

Actually, $SHELL tells which shell should be used to interpret scripts that have no interpreter specified on the first line.

hmm. Didn't know that.

So I'd have to put something in the prompt if I wanted to be reminded of the current shell?

$SHELL is a directive for future shells, not an observation of current shells.

Thanks

Joe
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