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Is there any way of finding the currently spawned shell by user. echo $SHELL gives the defualt shell. Accessing the /proc system is time consuming(parent id, then child id and ...
  1. 10-27-2007 #1
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    Is there any way of finding the currently spawned shell by user.
    echo $SHELL gives the defualt shell.
    Accessing the /proc system is time consuming(parent id, then child id and then searching for bash/csh etc)
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    See Determining the current shell - JustLinux Forums for a few posts on the subject ... cheers, drl
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