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shells(4)

NAME

shells - Shell database

DESCRIPTION

The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. For each shell, the file should contain a single line consisting of the shell's path, relative to root. A # (number sign) indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.

FILES

/etc/shells

SEE ALSO

Functions: getusershell(3)

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