Re: [cobalt-users] Location of shell prompt definitions

["Brian Curtis" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Martin" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> What file contains the command that defines how the command line prompt
looks?
> I'm using the default bash shell defined by Cobalt.
> Looked in /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile, but I don't see it.
>
> -Jeff

For a user by user prompt modificaton, it would be ~/.bashrc.  For a global
mod, it'd be /etc/bashrc, assuming that each user's ~/.bashrc doesn't
already contain a PS1 or PS2 var.

I believe that if the same two vars (with different parameters for ex.)
exist in both /etc/bashrc and ~/.bashrc, the var within ~.bashrc will take
precedence.

Example on one of our servers:

/etc/bashrc:
  PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

~/.bashrc:
  PS1="{\t}[\u@\h]\$ "

I always get the prompt definition as outline in my ~/.bashrc (which is what
I want obviously).

HTH (and I hope I'm correct here; not all too familiar with the RAQ and Cube
file systems yet.)

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BC