UUCP files/directories being removed under SCO UNIX

[Derek E. Terveer]

In article <1990Jun7.155204.27108 at chinet.chi.il.us> les at chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> Another annoying incompatibility is that "su -c user script" will
> execute user's .profile if user's login shell is ksh, but not with sh. 
> This can cause surprising behaviour when the command is run by cron,
> the .profile has interactive commands, and the user changes his shell.

There is a test that one can put in the front of the .profile to inhibit
reading the rest of .profile for batch environments.

derek
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Derek Terveer		det at hawkmoon.MN.ORG