[NTLUG:Discuss] Login Shell

[Bug Hunter]

  I am not certain, but I think the problem is that the process that
spawns the login shell is the one that get the environment variable set.
The "export" causes the environment variable to be carried into the login
shell.

Try putting the environment variable in the other .bash script files, such
as .bashrc

bug


On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Sameer Khan wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out how to distinguish a login shell
> from a non-login shell. If an environment variable is set in
> ~/.bash_profile (e.g. LOGIN_SHELL=true), but not exported,
> it should logically only appear in a login shell and not a
> subshell or non-login shell. But, it doesn't show up in any
> shell. Anybody wrestled with this problem before?
> Thanks
> 
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