Re: Getting a prompt to show directory path under RH 9.0 bash shell

[bfd <bfd pcisys net>]

Sean Estabrooks wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 16:20:53 -0600
> bfd <bfd pcisys net> wrote:
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want my prompt, both in the text console and X-windows shell console, 
> > to show the path to the current directory,  e.g.,
> >
> >    [/usr/local/mozilla/icons]$
> >
> > Under RH 7.3, I could get this by adding to my .bashrc file the lines
> >
> >    PS1=[\\w]\\$
> >    export PS1
> >
> > When adding these lines into .bashrc under RH 9.0, after typing 
> > "startx", I get a black screen with a black X indicating the mouse 
> > cursor. I believe that X is loading but KDE never loads.
> >
> > If I remove the above two lines from my .bashrc file, then KDE loads but 
> > my PS1 prompt is
> >
> >    [\u \h \W]\$
> >
> > which give me a display of
> >
> >    [bfd morgaine bfd]$
> >
> > If I open a shell console under KDE after it loads and then issue
> >
> >    PS1=[\\w]\\$
> >
> > I get what I want.
> >
> > But I can't get it to load initially and it seems to be preventing KDE 
> > from loading. This makes no sense to me, but it is happening. Ain't 
> > computers grand? <g>
> >
> > So, two questions:
> >
> >    1. What is going on when I try to use PS1=[\\w]\\$ that X but not 
> > KDE loads
> >
> > and
> >
> >    2. how can I get the prompt that I want into my .bashrc file so that 
> > it will always be there regardless of what I am running
> >
> > BFD
>
>
> Could not reproduce this problem here (admittedly not stock RH9).
> Perhaps you could post your entire .bashrc ?
>
> Regards,
> Sean


I've used this .bashrc file for various versions of RH, Slackware and 
FreeBSD. It should be pretty explanatory.

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias cls='clear'
alias dirr='ls -al | more'
alias hist='history'
alias startx='startx -- -nolisten tcp'
alias su='su -m'
alias lsc='ls --color=none'

shopt -s histverify
# directs history file to not include the listed commands
# and not to include duplicate commands
HISTIGNORE='cls:cd:dirr:hist:su'
history_control=ignoredups

umask 077

#fix RH mangled sort order
#LC_ALL=C
#LANG=C
#export LC_ALL
#export LANG

BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc
USERNAME=""
TIMEOUT=3600
export USERNAME BASH_ENV TIMEOUT
#PS1=[\\w]\\$
#export PS1

# these are not needed for RH, but for Slackware
#TERM=xterm-color
#export TERM
#DISPLAY=:0
#export DISPLAY

# Need to modify this based on program locations
# and if vi and emacs are custom installs
#set -o vi
#export EDITOR=/usr/local/vim
set -o emacs
# export EDITOR=/usr/local/emacs

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
   . /etc/bashrc
fi


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