Using the correct syntax with a environment test for shell scripting

Although all the kids (kids == Linux/UNIX systems) play together very well in most cases, a simple reminder from some database maestors to remember to write a couple of extra lines into a shell script to test for the correct shell environmental factors:

if [ -f /usr/bin/ksh ]; then if [ "$SHELL" = "/usr/bin/ksh" ]; then /usr/bin/ksh -o vi exit 0 fi fi

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A virtual Mac OS X Leopard Server running on a fully loaded cluster of Xserves virtualized using Parallels Server . I want one, … or three, … yeah that should be enough …. maybe four, for symmetry.

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