SHELLS(5) UNIX Programmer's Manual SHELLS(5) NNAAMMEE shells - shell database DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The _s_h_e_l_l_s file contains a list of the shells on the system. For each shell a single line should be present consisting of the shell's path, relative to root. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored. FFIILLEESS /etc/shells SSEEEE AALLSSOO passwd(1), getusershell(3), ftpd(8C) Printed 7/9/88 November 25, 1986 1