summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--lisp/paths.el15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/paths.el b/lisp/paths.el
index 843800042a8..37d86f967ff 100644
--- a/lisp/paths.el
+++ b/lisp/paths.el
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ Its name should end with a slash.")
(t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
"Program used to send messages.")
+(defconst remote-shell-program
+ (cond
+ ;; Some systems use rsh for the remote shell; others use that name for the
+ ;; restricted shell and use remsh for the remote shell. Let's try to guess
+ ;; based on what we actually find out there. The restricted shell is
+ ;; almost certainly in /bin or /usr/bin, so it's probably safe to assume
+ ;; that an rsh found elsewhere is the remote shell program.
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/remsh") "/usr/ucb/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/rsh") "/usr/ucb/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/bin/remsh") "/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/remsh") "/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/rsh") "/usr/local/bin/rsh")
+ ((memq system-type '(hpux usg-unix-v)) "remsh")
+ (t "rsh")))
+
(defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/")
"If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish