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Date:      Sun, 06 Jan 2019 08:49:54 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r342812 - head/share/skel
Message-ID:  <201901061649.x06GnsJK017236@slippy.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> of "Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:23:28 %2B0000." <201901061623.x06GNS1w057147@repo.freebsd.org>

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In message <201901061623.x06GNS1w057147@repo.freebsd.org>, Edward 
Tomasz Napier
ala writes:
> Author: trasz
> Date: Sun Jan  6 16:23:28 2019
> New Revision: 342812
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342812
>
> Log:
>   Give sh(1) a proper default prompt instead of just "$".
>   
>   Reviewed by:	jilles
>   MFC after:	2 weeks
>   Relnotes:	totally
>   Sponsored by:	DARPA, AFRL
>   Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18697
>
> Modified:
>   head/share/skel/dot.shrc
>
> Modified: head/share/skel/dot.shrc
> =============================================================================
> =
> --- head/share/skel/dot.shrc	Sun Jan  6 05:07:52 2019	(r342811)
> +++ head/share/skel/dot.shrc	Sun Jan  6 16:23:28 2019	(r342812)
> @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ alias g='egrep -i'
>  # alias rm='rm -i'
>  
>  
> -# # set prompt: ``username@hostname:directory $ '' 
> -# PS1="`whoami`@\h:\w \\$ "
> +# set prompt: ``username@hostname:directory $ '' 
> +PS1="`whoami`@\h:\w \\$ "
>  
>  # search path for cd(1)
>  # CDPATH=:$HOME
>

Hmmm. At $JOB the RHEL servers use this prompt. IMO the prompt is 
unwieldy and distracting. Instead of \w could we use \W instead?


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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