Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:51:21 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Bart Trzynadlowski <btrzynadlowski@powernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prompt in csh and terminals Message-ID: <19990606105121.C254@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906051734020.197-100000@Brzuszek>; from Bart Trzynadlowski on Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 05:42:56PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906051734020.197-100000@Brzuszek>
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On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 05:42:56PM -0700, Bart Trzynadlowski wrote:
> Hi,
> I have three simple questions.
>
> 1) How can I set the prompt in csh and sh so that it reflects the current
> path... in zsh I got it working so it now looks like:
>
Not sure about sh(1), but in csh(1) try adding the following alias
to your ~/.cshrc:
cd \!*;set prompt="`hostname`:`pwd`{\!}% "
which gives:
marder-1:/usr/marko{53}%
> /home/btrzynadlowski%
>
> 2) Is there a way to add more console terminals? All I have is 3 right
> now: ttyv0, ttyv1, ttyv2. Can I add 2 or more of these so I can have
> ttyv3, ttyv4.
>
Add extra entries in /etc/ttys. Copy the entry for ttyv1 (and rename
it to ttyv{4,5,6} etc). Note that ttyv3 already exists, it's the
tty that X runs from.
> 3) Where can I find out how to create snoop (SNP) devices to watch other
> consoles? Couldn't find much in the man pages.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Bart Trzynadlowski
>
>
>
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