From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 19 10:31:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21678 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:31:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21673 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:31:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhindla@panix.com) Received: from d300.panix.com (rhindla.dialup.access.net [166.84.212.222]) by mail2.panix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/PanixM1.3) with SMTP id NAA14002 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:30:49 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Bob Hindla" From: "Bob Hindla" To: Subject: PS1 path variable edit Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:30:09 -0400 Message-ID: <01bdcb97$03469720$ded454a6@d300.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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