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Re: sh


Using a soft link doesn't work from within a shortcut or bat file.  So I need (I think) to make a complete copy of of sh.exe to '-sh', but without the .exe, the Windows
environment won't execute it.

Any other ideas?  I'm fresh out.(

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> --- Bob McGowan <rmcgowan@veritas.com> wrote:
> > I don't believe that sh.exe can be made to work as a login shell.  I just
> > tried to copy it to '-sh.exe' on the chance that it might run profiles, but
> > that did not work, for
> > some reason.
> >
> 
> Well that reason would be the .exe.  How about `ln -s sh.exe \-sh'?  I've been
> meaning to look at this but haven't gotten a round tuit.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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