[ale] /bin/bash wierdness...

[Keith Morris]

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>
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale