That makes sense. I didn't see how my prompt would be effected other than by changing dirs, but you never know...
Jared "Curiel, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/26/2002 01:03 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in prompt Jared Writes: >> Also be aware that when using backticks in your PS1 variable, you are >> influencing $? as a result. >I don't find that to be true with pdksh - PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2 ---- That would be because in your example, PS1 is only being affected when you actually do a 'cd' In my case, (and I think that of the original poster), PS1 is being specified in the main body of my bash/ksh rc file, in which case it is evaluated every time you do any/every command. Your example is certainly more efficient, in that your the PATH information is only updated when your current directory is likely to have changed, but I actually echo every command's $? onto my prompt. i.e my prompt looks like: RC(1) azimuth:.../last_2/path_components$ Actually, I had to create a function to do this, so that $? was properly returned. function _cd { typeset saverc=$? typeset _path=`echo $PWD | sed '/\/.*\/.*\//{s%.*/\(.*/.*\)%.../\1%;}' ` echo "RC($saverc) $HOST:$_path\$ " return $saverc } PS1='`_cd`' Otherwise if you are simply setting PS1 with backticks in the main() of your rc file, then your $? is hosed. At least as far as I've experienced.... Thanks David -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Curiel, David > Also be aware that when using backticks in your PS1 variable, you are > influencing $? as a result. I don't find that to be true with pdksh - PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2 function go { \cd $1 typeset -Z2 _h; typeset -Z2 _m # 2 digits, zero padded _hh="(SECONDS/3600)%24" _mm="(SECONDS/60)%60" # hours, minutes _time='${_x[(_m=_mm)==(_h=_hh)]}$_h:$_m' typeset bold=$(tput bold) typeset shy=$(tput rmso) PS1="[ `pwd` ]" PS1=$PS1`echo "\n\n${bold}$_time-${UMACHINE}:${ORACLE_SID}${shy}:${LOGNAME}-$TTY > "` # need to be able to turn xtitle off when using 'go' if [ "$TERM" = "xterm2" -o "$TERM" = "xterm" ] ;then # don't do xtitle if NO_CD_TITLE is set or in SCREEN #[ "$NO_CD_TITLE" -o "$WINDOW" -ge 1 ] || xtitle ${MACHINE}:${PWD} : fi } alias cd='go ' -------------------- 10:2-rsysdevdb:dv01:jkstill-3 > rm this_file_does_not_exist rm: cannot remove `this_file_does_not_exist': No such file or directory [ /home/jkstill/tmp ] 10:2-rsysdevdb:dv01:jkstill-3 > echo $? 1 [ /home/jkstill/tmp ] 10:2-rsysdevdb:dv01:jkstill-3 > echo $? 0 [ /home/jkstill/tmp ] 10:2-rsysdevdb:dv01:jkstill-3 > Jared "Curiel, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/26/2002 08:23 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in prompt Also be aware that when using backticks in your PS1 variable, you are influencing $? as a result. What happens, is that when you run a command (i.e. "rm <some_file_that_doesnt_exist>") and then say "echo $?", you are getting the return code ($?) of your PS1 execution (which is likely to always be 0) - NOT the $? of the "rm" command. David Curiel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Curiel, David INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).