Function

Ideshell_supports_dash_login

Declaration

gboolean
ide_shell_supports_dash_login (
  const char* shell
)

Description

Checks if the shell is known to support login semantics. Originally, this meant --login, but now is meant to mean -l as more shells support -l than --login (notably dash).

Parameters

shell

Type: const char*

The name of the shell, such as sh or /bin/sh

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if shell likely supports -l.