XRDLAB wrote: > > Hi, > > I noticed a strange behaviour of bash regrding the prompt. I have set > PS1='\h:\w$ '. With that I get both the host name and the working > directory as my shell prompt. Yesterday I noticed a strange behaviour > accidentally. The sequence is given below: > > mysxrd:~$ cd /var > mysxrd:/var$ ---- prompt is correct > mysxrd:/var$ cd ../usr > mysxrd://usr$ ---- prompt has 2 slashes! > > I am surprised by this behaviour. Is it expected? The bash version is: > GNU bash, version 2.01.1(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) >
I don't have an answer, but I vaguely remember once upon a time trying the "/w" switch in my prompt and getting odd results, so I went back to using "$PWD" which seems to work fine for me in most cases. Nonetheless, I just tried the sequence you outlined, and I get the same results using "$PWD". Hmmm, inter-r-resting.
