Re: How to find your shell

[Terje Eggestad <terje eggestad iname com>]

if you're looking for the login shell (or the users default shell) use getpwent(), don't check the /etc/passwd directly. 

TJ


On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 06:45 -0700, Shiraz Baig wrote:
> There are two three methods.
> One is to check the environments. In that one item
> will be the shell.
>
> Second is to cat /etc/passwd and see the shell that
> has been allotted to you. 
>
> The third is run a command, which does not exist. For
> example "abc". it will give an error and also the name
> of the shell.
> bye
> shiraz
>
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