-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, David Blackman wrote:
> so your basic prompt (from dos) is: > export ps1"\w$" i'd recommend the following instead: export PS1='\w\$ ' This will give the current working directory, followed by a $ if non-root or a # if root. In either case, a space will separate the prompt from your command. You may want to read the Bash Prompt HOWTO, which should be located in the /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/ directory if you have one of the doc-linux packages installed. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN8trOr7M/9WKZLW5AQECnQP9FBMB7LGnVm5uSR7XlbbVKKa9/9zc0WYk m0wzGZSP5/InJ9/ReqH48nvJ/dILYA5SHtDABwa32oFEDOf3a+f900boaKaYAlKi IeCJXoxJiwZp3LgceThnihH5bFyVJpFHS564YoTiGeLZv+QeoBJpmg4qqxaoNYRz QoQD7cy/iNU= =RJ2t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----