Hi,

In ksh93 I have PS1 set like this:
PS1='`echo $(whoami)@$(hostname) | sed -e "s/^r...@.*/&# /" -e t -e "s/$/$
/"`'
export PS1

which gives me the following prompt and behavior:

pgar...@boole$  su
Password:
r...@boole#

however, this is what happens when I try to use the same .profile on a
Solaris system with ksh88:

pgar...@boole$ ssh godel
PAM authentication
Password:
Last login: Fri Aug 13 2010 16:15:20 -0600 from boole.is.mcw.ed
No mail.
`echo $(whoami)@$(hostname) | sed -e s/^r...@.*/&# / -e t -e s/$/$ /`

and when I su:

`echo $(whoami)@$(hostname) | sed -e s/^r...@.*/&# / -e t -e s/$/$ /`su
Password:
#


Is there a way to make this work on both versions? Is there a better way to
achieve the same prompt?


Thank you,
Phil Garcia
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