On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 09:49:28PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Hi, > > ..with Red Hat-7.3 thru -9, in /etc/bashrc, I used: > PS1='\[\033[1;33m\]\u\[\033[1;[EMAIL PROTECTED];32m\]\H\[\033[1;37m\]:\ > \[\033[1;31m\]\w \[\033[1;36m\]\$ \[\033[0m\]' > to get "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/red/path/ # ", with "#" or "$" in > cyan, and ":" and "@" in white, which I like a lot. > Knoppix uses an all-cyan Red Hat style prompt. > RH's own PS1="[EMAIL PROTECTED] \W]\\$ " is all white. > > ..now, in debian and derivatives, _where_ do I set this? > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
You could try setting it in your ~/.bash_profile or for globally setting it, put in in /etc/profile . Also, make sure you don't reset it in ~/.bash_profile as /etc/profile gets executed first, and then ~/.bash_profile. Naitik. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

