Obviously.  If you had worked on VMS, why would you want to emulate it?
<evil grin>

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210.581.6217


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:13 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject:      RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in prompt
> 
> Mladen,
> 
> Your magnificent intuition and superior powers of reasoning
> have finally failed you.
> 
> I've never touched VMS.  ;)
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Gogala, Mladen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> 08/26/2002 01:28 PM
> Please respond to ORACLE-L
> 
>  
>         To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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>         Subject:        RE: Unix question: how to display SID and path in
> prompt
> 
> 
> Jared, the "alias cd='go'" line immediately betrays you as a
> former VMS person. Next thing you know and your aliases will 
> be like "set_def""
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 3:08 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > 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. 
> > 
> > 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]>
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> >         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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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