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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#19970: Run Command search path
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-02-06 22:45:32
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On Tuesday 06 February 2001 21:59, you wrote:
> Package: kdesktop
> Version: 2.1 Beta 2
> Severity: wishlist
> Installed from: debian package
> 
> Hi,
> 
> it would be nice if the "Run Command" could use the user's search path (PATH \
> environment variable). 
> e.g. it could start the desired program via the bash, the bash then should use the \
> .bashrc file in the user's home directory.

This is the never-ending problem with starting the user's shell instead 
of /bin/sh, at some point (either in the startup sequence, e.g. to run startkde,
or right before running a command).

Forwarding to kde-core-devel. What do you think is the right thing to do ?
There was a discussion about this some time ago (something like, letting
KProcess or KShellProcess use the user's shell, since I guess it's possible
to get hold of that).... Ah, but IIRC it might break some constructs when
the shell is csh, if the arguments passed to KShellProcess assume a bash-like
shell.

So it's probably better to solve this at the minicli level.
KShellProcess can take a shell name (path) as argument.
How does one find out the shell for a given user ?

-- 
David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
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