Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:30:09 -0400 From: "Bob Hindla" <rhindla@panix.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: PS1 path variable edit Message-ID: <01bdcb97$03469720$ded454a6@d300.panix.com>
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Question 1: I've installed FreeBSD on a clone, but when I go to edit the .profile file to try to introduce the \w switch to the PS1 variable, I don't seem to get any results; for the root, the prompt stays # and for the first id I've added, I don't see the prompt altered in the way I expected. I've edited at least two instances of .profile. On page 152 and 144 of the "making friends with bsd" chapter of the book I bought, one of the contributors offers a template for the PS1 variable. My changes were made using that as a model. The results for root were nil. The results for the first id I added were visible, but not what I desired. The placement of the quotation marks seems to me to be crucial. Can you tell me what other factors I might have to consider before seeing a change in the prompt to display what should come out of using the string \u @ \h \w ? Question 2: Why does CD #1 of the four CD set list so many files at 0 bytes length? I couldn't install many of the packages I wanted and this would seem to be a factor. Question 3: Is there a recommended CDROM driver I should activate for a CD from a manufacturer named BTC? I'm working on this project in an education center which has bought decided non-brand, low-cost equipment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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