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To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
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Subject: Re: bin/39198: sh aborts on variables with periods
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Peter Pentchev wrote:

>  You mean, like, testing $SHELL for being "/bin/ksh"? :)

That won't work reliably; you have to test $0, not $SHELL.

--mkb






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