Re: Changing Your Shell - Was: Learning What I Need To Know About Basic Linux
- From: "Bill Gallik" <BillGallik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:18:50 -0500
Hi Jim,
If you "exit" from your login shell, you will immediately be logged off your
session.
If you "exec /bin/ksh" and then "exit" you will likewise be logged out of
your session.
But if you simply do a "/bin/ksh" and then exit, you will return back to y
our original login shell.
The difference being that "exec" is a "shell built-in" that tells the
current process (your login shell) to "overlay" the called program over your
current shell with the new shell inheriting all characteristics of the
original shell.
But the "chsh" suggestion is far better.
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Holland's Person, Bill
E-Mail: BillGallik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!
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