Re: How to detect bash?

[mwoehlke]

(Sorry for the double-post, I saw your CC and replied privately before I 
noticed that you did in fact send to the list also.)

Ramprasad wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 02:38, mwoehlke wrote:
> > Anyone have any clever, VERY reliable tricks for detecting if the 
> > current shell is bash? 
>
>   Hope, i think you can get from `/proc/$$/exe' ?

That would only work on systems that have /proc/$$/exe. Some of the 
systems I'm running on (HP-UX, for example) don't even have /proc.

(As a general comment to the replies I've seen:)
I guess I am looking for a test that only uses shell built-ins. Anything 
else makes assumptions about the environment and system that can't 
always be counted on.

--
Matthew
Will your shell have salvation? Only if it's Bourne Again.