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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-10-29 21:02:19 +0100
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-11-01 20:29:32 +0100
commit0ab59dd8b8b64d4cd58c42a21e056a6cc8adc0bb (patch)
treef01e21fd69800ebca9d09ac7ca4d27438d07623c /gnu/system/shadow.scm
parent83a7a88f93237013a66ec041009dd6add724aaa3 (diff)
downloadguix-0ab59dd8b8b64d4cd58c42a21e056a6cc8adc0bb.tar.gz
system: Test for interactive shell instead of `cat` in skeleton '.bashrc'.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons)[bashrc]: Wrap $SSH_CLIENT test in
a conditional testing for interactive shell.
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diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 236807c70a..58613e620d 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -157,13 +157,12 @@ if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi\n"))
 # honor it and otherwise use /bin/sh.
 export SHELL
 
-if [ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" -a -z \"`type -P cat`\" ]
+if [[ $- != *i* ]]
 then
-    # We are being invoked from a non-interactive SSH session
-    # (as in \"ssh host command\") but 'cat' cannot be found
-    # in $PATH.  Source /etc/profile so we get $PATH and other
-    # essential variables.
-    source /etc/profile
+    # We are being invoked from a non-interactive shell.  If this
+    # is an SSH session (as in \"ssh host command\"), source
+    # /etc/profile so we get PATH and other essential variables.
+    [[ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" ]] && source /etc/profile
 fi
 
 # Adjust the prompt depending on whether we're in 'guix environment'.