Re: current directory

Daniel L Newhouse <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:52:34 -0500
Newsgroups alt.comp.cygwin
Organization Forte - www.forteinc.com
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:02:42 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
<[email protected]> wrote:


.profile is the login script.  

PS1 is called a "prompt string."

>On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:48:43 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>.bashrc in the home directory is the startup script.
>
>>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.