A shell by any other name...

[Allyn Fratkin]

In article <754 at aplvax.UUCP>, ded at aplvax.UUCP writes:
> Occasionally I like to use the Bourne shell interactively. 
> On these occasions I would like the sh to read ".profile"
> 
> Is there any way to accomplish the above other than 
> by using the Bourne shell as my login shell?

Yes.  Try this program (and call it "sh" if you wish!):

main()
{
	execl("/bin/sh","-sh");
}
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