Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 05/15/2012 07:12 AM, Earnie Boyd wrote: On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: But since you couldn't type the man bash command, I don't expect you to be able to type the more complex man bash | grep -C 3 PS1 command. And since you've not been able to read the bash

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 05/14/2012 08:19 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: m...@kalani.com writes: Could you please explain more into detail on how to obtain a PS1? What else can we tell you? You've been explained how to learn about it, and you haven't. What can we do? You can lead a horse to water but you can't

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-15 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > > > But since you couldn't type the man bash command, I don't expect you to > be able to type the more complex man bash | grep -C 3  PS1 command.  And > since you've not been able to read the bash manual, how could I expect > you to

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
m...@kalani.com writes: > Could you please explain more into detail on how to obtain a PS1? What else can we tell you? You've been explained how to learn about it, and you haven't. What can we do? > Run 'man bash' and look for PS1. Remove the '\u@\h' part. To make > the change permanent, set y

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread max
Hello Greg, Could you please explain more into detail on how to obtain a PS1? Mahalo, Max 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

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread Greg Chicares
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 w

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread René Berber
On 5/14/2012 4:19 PM, 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 not true, whoever told you that is either joking or making fun at you

Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread max
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. Could someone please explain how to hide or setup cygwin properly to not show this? Mahalo, Max -- Problem reports