On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:43:21PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Why doesn't the prompt for root ever include showing the current > directory? That would probably have saved this poor fellow as he may have > seen that he was not in /floppy as he thought.
Surely it is relatively easy to change the prompt to whatever is desired. In root's .bashrc on this machine I have export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' which gives what you suggest. The file dates from 1998 so I really cannot recollect whether it came as the default prompt or it was put there by me. Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
