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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:03:10 +0100
From: "Steven O'Brien" <steven.obrien2@ntlworld.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New Package: Pine]
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Eduado wrote:
> I am running the bash shell, and somehow, even though the SHELL variable is
> set, Oine does not pick it up.

Although bash sets the SHELL variable, it does not export it. This has been
discussed on this list before. The correct solution is to explicitly export
it yourself from /etc/profile or /etc/profile.d/local.sh or ~/.bash_profile
as:

export SHELL

Steven

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