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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:15:28 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Joel N. Weber II)
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD?  :-)
Message-ID:  <199706190445.OAA25314@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199706190442.AAA06733@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Joel N. Weber II" at "Jun 19, 97 00:42:00 am"

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Joel N. Weber II stands accused of saying:
>    From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
>    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.

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