On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Miguel M wrote: => =>Hi shrike list! => =>In a fresh installation of RHL9 I get variable =>PS1='\s-\v\$ ' which causes this prompt: => =>-bash-2.05b# => => =>I can go back to the usual command prompt with => =>-bash-2.05b# export PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ " =>[root@xxxxxxxxx root]# => => =>However that value is lost if I close the session. => =>How can I make that change permanent in a "clean" =>way (without modifying /etc/bashrc) ? The PS1 variable is special. Do *not* set it as an environment variable. It will be overridden by other factors. The proper place to set it is in your .bashrc as a standard (non-env) var. e.g. PS1="\! > " The reason you don't export it is because the PS1 variable must be unset (by bash) in the event that the shell is non-interactive. I usually yell at people who set env vars in their .bashrc but in this case PS1 is special and it should *not* be set as an env var. It just confuses things. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net
