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rainballdh 11-06-2008 10:41 AM
what's difference between '::respawn:/bin/sh' and '::respawn:-/bin/sh'?
 
::respawn:/bin/sh and ::respawn:-/bin/sh
The ::respwan:bin/sh means it will restart /bin/sh when /bin/sh was killed.
i don't know what ::respawn:-/bin/sh means,please tell me.
thanks a lot

jan61 11-06-2008 01:25 PM
Moin,

Quote:
Originally Posted by rainballdh (Post 3333573)
::respawn:/bin/sh and ::respawn:-/bin/sh
The ::respwan:bin/sh means it will restart /bin/sh when /bin/sh was killed.
i don't know what ::respawn:-/bin/sh means,please tell me.
thanks a lot
from my bash manual:
Quote:
INVOCATION
A login shell is one whose first character of argument zero is a -, or one started with
the --login option.
Jan


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