Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-16 Thread Steve Philp
Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-15 Thread Lawrence Sayre
Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line for instant tests. I

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-14 Thread Lawrence Sayre
Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line for instant tests. I made the change to /etc/profile. It did nothing (\w was the

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-14 Thread Steve Philp
Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line for instant tests. I made the change to

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-13 Thread Lawrence Sayre
Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: My command line path only shows the directory I'm in, and not all of the directories below it. How can I set this for complete path information? To change it for all users: Edit /etc/profile, changing this line:

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-13 Thread Steve Philp
Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line for instant tests. I made the change to /etc/profile. It did nothing (\w was the same as \W). I tried

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-12 Thread Steve Philp
Lawrence Sayre wrote: My command line path only shows the directory I'm in, and not all of the directories below it. How can I set this for complete path information? To change it for all users: Edit /etc/profile, changing this line: PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "