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From: allyn@sdcsvax.UUCP (Allyn Fratkin)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: A shell by any other name...
Message-ID: <46@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Sep-84 01:17:43 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 16 01:17:43 1984
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In article <754@aplvax.UUCP>, ded@aplvax.UUCP (Don Davis) writes:
> Occasionally I like to use the Bourne shell interactively. 
> On these occasions I would like the sh to read ".profile"
> 
> Is there any way to accomplish the above other than 
> by using the Bourne shell as my login shell?

Yes.  Try this program (and call it "sh" if you wish!):

main()
{
	execl("/bin/sh","-sh",0);
}

-- 
From the virtual mind of Allyn Fratkin           sdcsvax!allyn@Nosc
                         UCSD Pascal Project     {ucbvax, decvax, ihnp4}
                         U.C. San Diego                    !sdcsvax!allyn

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