aha I have this for that:
$ alias
reboot='echo are you sure?'
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:27:33PM -0800, Bryan wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Darrin Chandler
> <dwchand...@stilyagin.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 10:36:39AM -0800, Bryan wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Darrin Chandler
> >> <dwchand...@stilyagin.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Making a non-login shell act as a login shell isn't the best way,
> >> > whether you're in an xterm or at console. There are nicer ways to do
> >> > what you're after. Ksh, for instance, will process a file given in the
> >> > ENV environment variable for *every* shell:
> >> >
> >> > $ grep ENV ~/.profile
> >> > export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc
> >> > $ grep PS1 ~/.kshrc
> >> > export PS1="\...@\h \w \$ "
> >> >
> >> > Check the man page for your shell for details about how and when
> >> > .profile, ENV, et al are processed. It may take you a few goes to get
> >> > things working how you want, but then everything will work right
> >> > everywhere without special incantations.
> >> >
> >> okay, new question: B Why do I have to put PS1 in ~/.kshrc, when I've
> >> already put it in .profile? B I have to call another file from
> >> .profile, which will then read PS1 from .kshrc? B Is that desired
> >> operation? B Seems like redundancy...
> >>
> >> I've no problem doing it that way. B The UNIX gods are mysterious in some
> ways...
> >
> > No, you are right. Exporting ENV is no different from exporting PS1 in
> > the first place.
> >
> > So the question is back to why PS1 isn't there. Are you using xdm, or
> > are you logging in at console and running startx?
>
> logging in to console and issuing "startx".
>
>
> > If you log in at
> > console then your PS1 should be there in your xterm shells without
> > making them login shells.
>
> Yea, the console wasn't an issue. putting the PS1 in .profile worked
> for the console. But when I'd "startx" and go into fluxbox, or fvwm,
> or scrotwm, the xterm would show "#" for root or "$" for my login.
> I'd gotten tired of accidentally rebooting remote servers without
> thinking, and I wanted a cushion, so I wanted my PS1 to at least show
> "hostname".
>
> > If you're using xdm (or kdm, ...) you will not
> > have a login shell to begin with, and will need to deal with it in
> > ~/.xsession (you could source your .profile there).
> >
> your suggestion worked. it must be the .kshrc that everything uses.
> .profile isn't consulted, but having PS1 in .kshrc is probably the
> more "correct" way. To test .kshrc, I commented my one line "export
> PS1='\...@\h \w \$ ' ", open an xterm, and I'm back to "$". I uncomment
> the line in .kshrc, and the prompt comes back in the next window I
> open.
>
> thanks for all the help... I didn't expect to get this kind of
> response, though... I hope this helps someone.
>
> kind regards,
> Bryan
