Re: bash prompt question

Brian Patrie wrote:

Geoff Clare wrote:
 > Brian Patrie wrote:
 >> sh (and its clones)--which don't support an rc file--are,
 >> of course, the exception to this rule.
 >
 > You don't count a file specified in ENV as an "rc file" ?
 
Not all shells support ENV.  dash doesn't seem to.

The dash man page on my Debian system says ENV is supported.

Even if they did, it would still be a bad idea to export the prompt
strings in other shells.

Depends what you put in them. Personally I only use what POSIX
requires to be supported, so exporting is not a problem (and I do
export PS1).

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Geoff Clare <netnews@gclare.org.uk>