On 22 November 2006 09:26, nickyeng wrote: > so , which bashrc file should i edit? > > bash.bashrc is same as bashrc file? > > what location please tell me.
The system-wide default prompt is set in /etc/profile, but if you edit that, setup.exe can no longer automatically update it if any new versions of base-files come along. So it's better to make customisations to the files in your home dir. Generally, you would modify ~/.bashrc, having first made sure that ~/.bash_profile invokes .bashrc; that works for both login and nonlogin shells (and you probably don't care about the prompt for a non-interactive shell!) Read the bash info page, chapter 6.2 "Bash Startup Files" for a full explanation of which startup files get used when. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/