1.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)shells.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt SHELLS 5 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm shells 13.Nd shell database 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Nm shells 17file contains a list of the shells on the system. 18For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the 19shell's path, relative to root. 20.Pp 21A hash mark (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent 22characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the 23routines which search the file. 24Blank lines are also ignored. 25.Sh FILES 26.Bl -tag -width /etc/shells -compact 27.It Pa /etc/shells 28The 29.Nm shells 30file resides in 31.Pa /etc . 32.El 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr getusershell 3 35.Sh HISTORY 36The 37.Nm 38file format appeared in 39.Bx 4.3 tahoe . 40