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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Login shell?
Message-ID: <7677@boring.cwi.nl>
Date: 22 Oct 88 20:32:22 GMT
References: <3ed799bc.103e8@hi-csc.UUCP> <13851@mimsy.UUCP> <511@imec.UUCP> <1529@solo9.cs.vu.nl> <314@uplog.se> <842@philmds.UUCP>
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In article <842@philmds.UUCP> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
 > 2) When I exec a shell in my .profile file (for instance if I want my
 > own shell instead of /bin/sh or /bin/csh and don't want to bother my
 > system manager), this shell doesn't start with '-'.

But why not?  This is just what I have done for a long time: in my bin:
	ln -s $HOME/bin/my_shell -my_shell
and at the start of my .profile:
	case $SHELL in
	*my_shell)	;;
	*)	SHELL=$HOME/bin/my_shell
		PATH=$HOME/bin exec -my_shell
	esac
Works like a charm.  My shell will even do .profile.
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