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Re: [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:28:37 +0200
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On 2011-08-14 18:46:53 -0400, TJ Luoma wrote:
> If there any reason to prefer
> 
> if [[ -o interactive ]]
> 
> rather than
> 
>  if [[ -o login ]]
> 
> ?
> 
> Are they two ways of saying the same thing? If not, could someone
> explain the difference?

Not all interactive shells are login shells. Typically, when one opens
a terminal, one just gets an interactive shell (though this can be
configurable).

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