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. -- ]] 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 [[
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