Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!uwmacc!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!randy From: randy@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Randy Orrison) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (was: PS1 and the bourne shell...) Message-ID: <3045@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 16:49:09 EST Article-I.D.: umn-cs.3045 Posted: Wed Dec 2 16:49:09 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 02:32:57 EST References: <279@caus-dp.UUCP> <1311@puff.wisc.edu> <137@anumb.UUCP> <207@jc3b21.UUCP> <305@caus-dp.UUCP> <6773@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: randy@umn-cs.UUCP (Randy Orrison) Organization: UofM Math Department Lines: 29 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:5757 comp.unix.questions:5174 In article <6773@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <305@caus-dp.UUCP> marcos@caus-dp.UUCP (Marcos R. Della) writes: >>... There are lots of interesting ideas and designs, but so far, >>nothing is working on this little problem. Has anyone out there actually >>done this and gotten it to work? > >Dammit, didn't you read my posting? We do this all the time here. >I explained what is required and don't feel like repeating myself. Come on people, settle down. The problem is obvious: Marcos has an older version of the bourne shell. Marcos: YOU CAN'T DO IT. Get a newer version of sh or get ksh or get csh. Doug: SETTLE DOWN. The poor guy doesn't know why what everyone says works won't work for him. Give him a break. I haven't heard anyone talking about versions of sh or ksh here. What versions of each are needed to do these things? Obviously, all versions don't do command evaluation or variable substitution when displaying the prompt. -randy -- Randy Orrison, University of Minnesota School of Mathematics | May the smiley UUCP: {ihnp4, seismo!rutgers, sun}!umn-cs!randy | O__\, ARPA: randy@ux.acss.umn.edu BITNET: randy@umnacca | O /' Disclaimer: No one is silly enough to pay me to do this. | be with you!