On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Julian Gilbey wrote: : > Hi, : > : > On Hamm, if I login as root or while logged in as myself do a "su" : > then my shell prompt shows the host and current directory. : > : > When I am logged in as myself my prompt is just a $ : > : > I much prefer to see the current directory in my prompt. So how do : > I change it? : > : > My guess was that the .bashrc in my home directory needed the : > same PS1 environment as the .bashrc in the root directory so I : > added : > : > export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' : : You want to put this line in BOTH .bashrc (for non-login shells) and : .bash_profile (for login shells). The manpage bash(1) explains which : files are loaded when.
Or if you're truly lazy (like me), put the relevant lines in .bashrc and source that file in .bash_profile ... that way you've got the same environment whether you're in a login shell or not. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
