[ale] /bin/bash wierdness...

[Jeff Hubbs]

Maybe an ill-gotten rm -f .*?

:)

- Jeff

On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 22:18, Keith Morris wrote:
> Thanks Jeff...that was it.  not real sure how the files got
> deleted....weird.
> 
> Keith
> 
> On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 22:02, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > 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
> -- 
> Keith Morris <graphicsguy at attbi.com>
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