[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: base-files 1.6 (source all) uploaded to master



On Sat, Feb 07, 1998 at 06:16:37PM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
> 
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > 
> > Format: 1.5
> > Date: Sat,  7 Feb 1998 13:30:46 +0100
> > Source: base-files
> > Binary: base-files
> > Architecture: source all
> > Version: 1.6
> [snip]
> >  .
> >    * Default prompt for root is now PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ', which may not
> >      please everybody and/or generate a flame war, but at least is better
> >      than nothing (previosuly it was PS1='\h\$ ').
> [snip]
> 
> Isn't it common behaviour to use a hash character (#) for the root prompt
> to distinguish it from the other user's prompts (which use a dollar sign)? 
> At least, that's why I use on my systems here...

Bash converts '\$' into a hash if the user's UID is 0.

Adam Klein


--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .


Reply to: