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From: gahooten@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Gregory A. Hooten)
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Subject: S in Bourne shell
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Date: 13 Sep 90 23:28:08 GMT
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I have /bin/sh set up in my passwd file as the default login
shell. When I log in, if I do 

echo $- 

I get one variable showing which is "s".  What is "s"?
If I go to a sub shell, the S no longer exists.

Greg Hooten

gahooten@eos.arc.nasa.gov