On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:05:06PM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > > Are you at linux console? What's $TERM? Could you just try anyway? > I'm curious if what I suggested will just slink into the background if > you're not at an xterm.
The book can make things easier if it just made the PROMPT_COMMAND conditional. if [ "${TERM:0:5}" = "xterm" ]; then export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED] : ${PWD}\007"' fi I've been using this for a long time and it works as expected. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page