Hi All,
I've been following the discussion on the default profile
prompt. When I first loaded Linux on my system I used a
Slackware version packaged with a book a couple of years ago.
Though Slackware had no upgradability at the time, I switched
debian. But I noticed that Slackware provided for various
shells in use with the following:
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/pdksh" -o "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
PS1="! $ "
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
PS1="%m:%~%# "
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then
PS1="$ "
else
PS1='\h:\w\$ '
This method gives a default prompt for users using different
shells that read the /etc/profile. Why couldn't Debian use
a simular approach?
Have a good day :-)
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