Re: A thought for readme

[Jan Kreft]

Hi,

I don't know the answer, but here is how you set things up with a standard
Unix bash shell.

This is the end of my .bashrc to show examples of setting prompts PS1
and PS2: delete as much info as you want. Read first line as 
address@hidden:working/directory >

#PS1='address@hidden:`/bin/pwd` > '
PS1='`/bin/pwd` > '
PS2='>> '

# set DISPLAY if unset but known
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" -a -f ~/.DISPLAY ] ; then
    DISPLAY=`cat ~/.DISPLAY`
fi

test -e ~/.alias && . ~/.alias

export DISPLAY LESS PS1 PS2
umask 022

This is an example of exporting PATH so that the current working
directory is included, the important part is the end:
:.:
read as: separator current-working-directory separator

export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:.:

Hope that helps,

Jan.

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Parviez HosseiniC wrote:

> BTW, exactly how do you set environment variables in Cygnus? 
> I have tried to change PROMPT by set prompt, SET PROMPT, set PROMPT, 
> (actually I haven't tried SET prompt), and setenv PROMPT. None of which 
> works! As it stands, a couple more subdirectories I won't see the command 
> line!
> In fact, Win95 hangs entirely (not just the Cygnus shell) when I try to 
> do any of these things. 
> 
> So how do you then change the path variable to include ./?
> 
> -Parviez
> 
> PS: I suppose a crosspost to a Cygnus-support would be the idea, but I 
> didn't notice anything on the web page about a place to post to.
> 
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