Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 13:28:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Joey Garcia <bsd_usr@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bash and $HOME env var quirks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021323550.51338-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20000601205839.15411.qmail@web214.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Joey Garcia wrote: > Hey all! > > Usually, I don't alter my working environment from > factory default just because it's usually fine the way > it is, but this time I thought I might tweak my bash > prompt a bit. And I had a couple of questions about > how the bash prompt '/w' option works and how it > applies to the $HOME enviroment variable. Take a look at http://freebsd.simplenet.com/Bash-prompts.txt, that should answer your question. The short version is that /w does use the tilde to represent your home directory. > I'm wonder what initially sets the $HOME variable to > /home/user rather than /usr/home/user. Your entry in /etc/passwd. HTH, Doug -- "Live free or die" - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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