A shell prompt is the Unix/Linux equivalent of the DOS prompt. Since you have the choice of several different operating systems shells to work in (Bourne shell - sh, Korn shell - ksh, C shell - csh, Bourne Again shell - bash (my favorite), etc) the command line prompts are generically referred to as shell prompts.
Jack -----Original Message----- From: Ola Ogunneye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Really stupid Question... I am a Windows User and very used to the Dos Prompt. Can someone please tell me what the Shell Prompt is? What I am asking is the difference between a shell and a dos prompt vis-a-vis mysql. Thank you. Ola
