I don't know if it's related or not, but when I do something like 'cd /usr/local/../../var/log ; echo $PWD' I get '//var/log' Bash 2.01.1(1)-release
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Keith Harbaugh wrote: > On Wed, 1999-09-22 10:25:29 +0530, XRDLAB wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed a strange behaviour of bash regrding the prompt. I have set > > PS1='\h:\w$ '. 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) > > > > TIA, > > > > sridhar > > Here's your test run first with bash-2.03, then with bash-2.01: > euler:~$ echo $PS1 > \h:\w$ > euler:~$ cd /var > euler:/var$ cd ../usr > euler:/usr$ echo $BASH_VERSION > 2.03.0(1)-release > euler:/usr$ ls -l /bin/bash* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1582874 May 12 06:37 /bin/bash > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 426980 Oct 20 1998 /bin/bash-2.01.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1582874 May 12 06:37 /bin/bash-2.03.0 > euler:/usr$ /bin/bash-2.01.1 > bash-2.01.1-2.01$ PS1='\h:\w$ ' > euler:/usr$ cd > euler:~$ echo $PS1 > \h:\w$ > euler:~$ cd /var > euler:/var$ cd ../usr > euler://usr$ echo $BASH_VERSION > 2.01.1(1)-release > > The bash-2.01 was the slink release from debian; > the bash-2.03 was built from sources obtained from ftp.gnu.org, > using gcc-2.7.2.3 on a slink system. > > Keith > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
