On 04-Feb-99 Adam Christensen wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> A simple question: How do I get the bash-prompt to show more of the current
> path? Like in:
> hostname:~/src/linux/Documentation#
> instead of:
> hostname: Documentation#
This portion of the prompt string is set in the PS1 shell variable. The value
"\h:\w\$" should provide you with the desired prompt string and can be set by
running:
export PS1="\h:\w\$"
For more details, refer to the section on "Shell Variables" and "Prompting" in
the bash man page.
Cort
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