From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 18 21:46:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA05592 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 21:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA05545 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 21:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA25314; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:15:29 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706190445.OAA25314@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD? :-) In-Reply-To: <199706190442.AAA06733@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Joel N. Weber II" at "Jun 19, 97 00:42:00 am" To: devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Joel N. Weber II) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:15:28 +0930 (CST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joel N. Weber II stands accused of saying: > From: Michael Smith > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:57:46 +0930 (CST) > > set prompt=`hostname -s`:%~\> > > Something to try sometime: install GNU hostname in the PATH > before the *bsd version of hostname. Use that to set root's > prompt. It has a very different effect than what you would > expect. After logining in as root with the prompt configured > like that, the output of `hostname' will be `-s'... > > (Yes, your hostname gets set to `-s'...) Ah, another reason to install the Quality GNU Tools on my system. Not. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[