ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > show. I took a look at the man page for bash. It said that "\w" would > list my working directory. So I tried the following:
> If I use, > export PS1='\w:\\$ ' > I get, > ~:$ That is a feature. The tilde is a commonly-used abbreviation for "the home directory of the current user". You can use it when typing commands too, and it will be expanded before the program you run see the arguments. Try e.g.: ~:$ echo I live in ~ I live in /home/kent ~:$ bash automatically tries to use this abbreviation when it writes out the working directory. It assumes that when working somewhere deep inside your home you would rather see ~/foo/bar/xyzzy/grizzle:$ than /home/kent/foo/bar/xyzzy/grizzle:$ There doesn't seem to be any way of turning this feature off in standard bash. -- Henning Makholm http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm
