SHELLS(5) BSD Programmer's Manual SHELLS(5) NNAAMMEE sshheellllss - shell database DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The sshheellllss 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 hash mark (``#'') 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 The sshheellllss file resides in _/_e_t_c. SSEEEE AALLSSOO getusershell(3) HHIISSTTOORRYY The sshheellllss file format appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 1