I noticed that the root prompt does not include the full path of the
current directory. Normal user:
me@gentoopc ~ $ cd /usr/bin
me@gentoopc /usr/bin $
However, for root:
gentoopc ~ # cd /usr/bin
gentoopc bin #
So for users, I can see where I am ("/usr/bin"). For root, I cannot. It
just says "bin".
Now, I can change it easily in /etc/bash/bashrc (not sure if that's the
correct place, but it works) by replacing "\W" with "\w". However, I'm
curious as to why "\W" is used for root. When I have several root logins
open (and I usually have to,) it makes it difficult to tell where I am.
It says "bin", but am I in /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, somewhere else?
Is there a rationale for this?
