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From: "René Neumann" <lists@necoro.eu>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: 'login' vs 'interactive' ?
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:57:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <546B7A65.2070806@necoro.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141118163929.71afd221@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri>

Just noted a small flaw in the FAQ:

Am 18.11.2014 um 17:39 schrieb Peter Stephenson:
> 
>> 2) is 'login' vs 'interactive' similar to "every square is a rectangle
>> but a rectangle is not necessarily a square"?
>>
>> As in "Every login shell is interactive, but an interactive shell is
>> not necessarily a login shell"?
> 
> Not necessarily, in fact, because neither of the two points above is a
> subset of the other.  For example, something managing the way your
> window system starts may decide to launch the shell that sets up the
> environment as a login shell, but without a terminal.

vs (from the FAQ-excerpt you quoted)

>   All login shells are interactive.


- René


  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-18 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-18 16:11 TJ Luoma
2014-11-18 16:21 ` Axel Beckert
2014-11-18 17:19   ` Ray Andrews
2014-11-18 19:27     ` Axel Beckert
2014-11-18 16:39 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-11-18 16:57   ` René Neumann [this message]
2014-11-18 17:06     ` Peter Stephenson

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