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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 17:58:48 +0100
From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: sh[it] and What am I missing here?
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On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:31:53 -0700
David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:

> > Why is the SHELL variable still set to /bin/csh
> ...
> 
> Because you are invoking a program (/bin/sh) and that program did not 
> modify the SHELL environment variable.

	This is the correct explanation, nothing automatically changes
$SHELL when you execute a program - even if that program is a shell, the
variable isn't intended to tell you what you're running just what your
default shell is.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>