On 2017-06-10 09:12, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> I noticed that the root prompt does not include the full path of the
> current directory.
> ...
> So for users, I can see where I am ("/usr/bin"). For root, I cannot. It
> just says "bin".
> ...
> Is there a rationale for this?
One guess: when you're a normal user, you're likely to be in an X
terminal emulator, and probably a fancy toolkit based one too. That
makes overflowing lines less of a problem than on a bare 80x25 console
which may be all you can work with as root, especially in an emergency.
But then, I may be making up a rationale when there is really none and
it's all just a historical accident, as Alan says.
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