Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 22:05:44 -0800 From: "Galati, Michael" <mcg+fbsd@sulfegate.org> To: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: csh/tcsh: odd %~ prompt variable behaviour Message-ID: <CAOicCEhBQMR5ORw-S2HVOga3XDOP_nniZVz_YXPionj_ZgEfEg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130206011007.GA72256@icarus.home.lan> References: <20130206011007.GA72256@icarus.home.lan>
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Looks like it could be FreeBSD specific... I very rarely use {,t}csh
myself.
user@host:~$ uname -a
Linux host 3.5.0-23-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 13:15:40 UTC 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@host:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user:
root@host:~# tcsh
host:~# set prompt = "%N@%m:%~ %# "
root@host:~ # asdfasdf
asdfasdf: Command not found.
root@host:~ # cd ~user
root@host:~user # asdfasdf
asdfasdf: Command not found.
root@host:~user # exit
root@host:~# logout
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote:
> (Please keep me CC'd as I'm not subscribed to the list)
>
>
> System is base/stable/9, r245697. tcsh version is 6.18.01:
>
> $ sudo -i
> root@icarus:~ # sfdjsdj
> sfdjsdj: Command not found.
> root@icarus:~ # cd ~root
> root@icarus:~ # dsjfdsfdsf
> dsjfdsfdsf: Command not found.
> root@icarus:~ # cd ~jdc
> root@icarus:~jdc # sdjfdjkfjdsk
> sdjfdjkfjdsk: Command not found.
> root@icarus:/home/jdc # <---- notice sudden prompt change
> root@icarus:/home/jdc # cd ~root
> root@icarus:~ # dsfjjdskdfs
> dsfjjdskdfs: Command not found.
> root@icarus:~ # logout
>
> This only happens when an invalid command is issued (e.g. had I used
> "ls" instead of "blah" the prompt would not have changed).
>
> $prompt is the standard /root/.cshrc (r244005) value:
>
> set prompt = "%N@%m:%~ %# "
>
> I cannot reproduce this problem on Debian 6.0.1 with tcsh 6.17.02:
>
> $ ssh jdc@192.168.1.161
> Linux debian 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686
>
> Last login: Tue Feb 3 19:22:19 2013 from icarus.home.lan
> jdc@debian:~$ sudo -i
> root@debian:~# /bin/tcsh
> debian:~# set prompt = "%N@%m:%~ %# "
> root@debian:~ # sdfsdf
> sdfsdf: Command not found.
> root@debian:~ # cd ~jdc
> root@debian:~jdc # sdfssgsgjsj
> sdfssgsgjsj: Command not found.
> root@debian:~jdc # exit
> root@debian:~# logout
>
> The number of changes between 6.17.02 and 6.18.01 seem quite large
> (looking at src/contrib/tcsh/Fixes).
>
> Does anyone have a non-FreeBSD system with tcsh 6.18.01 available
> to determine if this is a FreeBSD-centric issue or an actual issue with
> tcsh that needs to be reported upstream?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
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