Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:08:08 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Peihan Wang <peihanw@mx.cei.gov.cn>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS1 (command line prompt) in .profile Message-ID: <19980812080808.C19033@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980812180242.352A-100000@wph.bbs.edu.cn>; from Peihan Wang on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 09:57:44PM %2B0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980812180242.352A-100000@wph.bbs.edu.cn>
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On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 09:57:44PM +0800, Peihan Wang wrote:
>
> Hello , gurus !
>
> I am using bash (version: 2.01) on my 2.2.6 box.
> I put the following line in my .profile:
>
> PS1='`pwd`$ '
>
> It works well in console mode, But after I start X
> it does not take any effect in xterm. By the way,
> I am using lesstif as my window manager. I do not
> know what to do :-(
Read your man page. Bash uses 2 init file, .bashrc and .bash_profile.
.bash_profile gets run when you first login. .bashrc get run for each term
that your account/process create. So in your .bash_profile you would have
the line
export PS1='`pwd`$ '
That should do it
Josef
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