Re: current directory

Daniel L Newhouse <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:48:43 -0500
Newsgroups alt.comp.cygwin
Organization Forte - www.forteinc.com
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:52:47 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
<[email protected]> wrote:

"\s-\v\w$" is the best it will ever be, a $ before the prompt.  


>On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:40:31 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>The fact that there is no startup script, however, means that you have
>to change PS1 every time you restart cygwin!
>
>I also vote for Minix compatibility.
>
>>On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:35:48 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>K, the syntax is "\s-\v\w".  What I posted was a typo.  Parts of these
>>>Kindle books aren't searchable.  Try searching on "PS1" to find it in
>>>Bash from O'Reilly.  
>>
>>
>>Also, IIRC, ending the prompt with a '~' indicates a working
>>directory, which is normal, whereas ending it with a '$' indicates an
>>absolute path.