dblack@pilot.njin.net (David Alan Black) (09/11/90)
Based on what I've read in TFM, I've tried to use ".profile" to create
and export an EDITOR variable (namely, vi - my main purpose here is to
circumvent emacs).
Simply put, I can't get it to work. Even when .profile says:
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR
and I say
%sh
I end up in the Bourne shell (which is good) with EDITOR pointing at emacs
(which isn't good).
Eventually, I would like to put a "sh" in .login so as to bypass the C-shell.
But I don't want to have to change EDITOR manually every time.
With thanks for any responses,
David Black
dblack@pilot.njin.net
"What competition?"
Mrs. Emma Peelcpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (09/11/90)
In article <Sep.10.22.17.05.1990.924@pilot.njin.net> dblack@pilot.njin.net (David Alan Black) writes: >Based on what I've read in TFM, I've tried to use ".profile" to create >and export an EDITOR variable (namely, vi - my main purpose here is to >circumvent emacs). Yes, putting it in .profile is the way to do it. However, .profile is only read at the startup point for a "LOGIN" shell. It is not read when you run a sub-shell. If you want the .profile read in a sub-shell you must explicitly run . $HOME/.profile >Eventually, I would like to put a "sh" in .login so as to bypass the C-shell. >But I don't want to have to change EDITOR manually every time. What you should do is get your system administrator to change your login shell to /bin/sh and thereafter your .profile will be run instead of your .login. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers) (09/13/90)
If you have a BSD system (or others such as HP-UX) you can use the "chsh" command to change your default login shell. If you want the Bourne shell as your default then give the command: chsh $LOGNAME /bin/sh Henceforth your login shell will be the Bourne shell. The valid values for shell names used with "chsh" are: /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/ksh Jim Rogers Hewlett Packard Company
guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (09/16/90)
>The valid values for shell names used with "chsh" are: > /bin/sh > /bin/csh > /bin/ksh On many systems (including 4.3BSD and later), the valid values for shell names used with "chsh" are whatever the file "/etc/shells" says, or "/bin/sh" and "/bin/csh" if that file doesn't exist. I hope nobody hardcoded those three into their system, except as a default if "/etc/shells" doesn't exist....