sh[it] and What am I missing here?

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:31:53 -0700
David Christensen <dpchrist at holgerdanske.com> wrote:

> > Why is the SHELL variable still set to /bin/csh
> ...
> 
> Because you are invoking a program (/bin/sh) and that program did not 
> modify the SHELL environment variable.

	This is the correct explanation, nothing automatically changes
$SHELL when you execute a program - even if that program is a shell, the
variable isn't intended to tell you what you're running just what your
default shell is.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>