On 2012-05-14 21:19Z, m...@kalani.com wrote: > I am installing cygwin on a new computer and I was told that the green > "username@computername ' " is supposed to be hidden, and that I > somehow installed Cygwin improperly.
That's a normal part of the default bash prompt. (Perhaps your employer would prefer that you remove it?) > Could someone please explain how to hide or setup cygwin properly to > not show this? Run 'man bash' and look for PS1. Remove the '\u@\h' part. To make the change permanent, set your own PS1 in '~/.bash_profile'. This isn't cygwin specific, so you can google for more details. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
