Re: Strange bash prompt

1999-09-23 Thread ferret
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 bas

Re: Strange bash prompt

1999-09-22 Thread Keith Harbaugh
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

Re: Strange bash prompt

1999-09-22 Thread Kent West
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:~$