Date: 29 May 1999 13:38:48 +0200 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <7iojk8$t21$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <7imjo4$kef$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990528132219.24883C-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson <andrsn@ANDRSN.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
> Suppose FreeBSD were to provide as a default shell for root and
> for users something with a few more features than sh and csh--
> filename completion,
Actually, csh has a rudimentary filename completion facility.
> command recall and editing,
FreeBSD's sh has this.
> a prompt easy to configure to tell you who you are and where you are.
The following works quite well in our sh. I'll reserve judgment whether
it is easy to configure.
# Prompt
prompt=${USER}@$(hostname -s)
cd()
{
command cd "$@"
case $PWD in
"${HOME}"*) PS1="${prompt}[~${PWD#"${HOME}"}] " ;;
*) PS1="${prompt}[${PWD}] " ;;
esac
}
cd $PWD # initialize prompt
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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