[ale] /bin/bash wierdness...

[Jeff Hubbs]

Keith -

In Mandrake 9.0, there's a hidden file named ~/.bash_profile that
invokes another file, ~/.bashrc (Given your newbie status, I probably
should point out that that "~" thee refers to your own home directory
and that files whose names start with "." don't show up in ls output
unless you include the -a switch).

~/.bashrc in turn appears to invoke /etc/bashrc, which in Mandrake 9.0's
case has a line that reads

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'

That's how the prompt gets built.

In your case, this mechanism has broken.  Perhaps you're missing one of
those files in your home directory.

- Jeff

On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 21:25, Keith Morris wrote:
> Hi everyone.  I'm still quite the newbie, and I have a shell question.
> 
> My bash prompt used to show up like this:
> 
> [keith at kitchen keith]$
> 
> now it shows up like this:
> 
> bash-2.05b$
> 
> I haven't noticed any changes in functionality, just the prompt change. 
> It's not that important, it's just that I hate not knowing why it
> changed or how to change it back.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Keith Morris <graphicsguy at attbi.com>
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