Login shell?

M. A. Sridhar sridhar at usceast.UUCP
Fri Dec 8 06:23:38 AEST 1989


Is there any way to determine, within a shell script (csh), whether the script 
is being executed by the login shell? I know that one can use the fact that
$prompt is set to detect an interactive shell, but I don't know how to test
whether it's the login shell.

Thanks in advance.
					- Sridhar

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