Rich Hartman wrote: > Is there a way to have bash include the current directory in the > prompt of bash? Actually, let me re-phrase that.... my "root" account > DOES include the current directory in the the prompt, but I have no > idea why or how... I've tried to copy my root's .bash_profile to my > "regular-user's" .bash_profile, but it still doesn't work.... any > ideas?
See other messages about how to add the \w to PS1, but what may be getting you is that the .bash_profile will not be read in unless you specifically have your shell set to /bin/bash in your /etc/passwd, rather than getting it thru the symlink from /bin/sh -Mitch
