Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-17 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:12:19 -0400 From:Chet Ramey Message-ID: | If you don't modify PWD, PWD always reflects the current working directory, Of course, but how is that relevant? But even that isn't actually specified, if one does a popd does PWD not change?

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-17 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/16/21 11:20 PM, Robert Elz wrote: | If you want to set PWD instead of letting cd/pushd/popd manage it, | all bets are off. I agree with that as far as what you get when you expand $PWD (even the pwd command, so using `pwd` as an alternative if PWD has been manually set is not

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:31:24 -0400 From:Chet Ramey Message-ID: <31aff163-9e61-d34a-be79-40c7e09a8...@case.edu> | If you want to set PWD instead of letting cd/pushd/popd manage it, | all bets are off. I agree with that as far as what you get when you expand

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev
okay, cool, thank you for valuable infos =)) On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 2:31 PM Chet Ramey wrote: > On 3/16/21 6:23 AM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: > > .. ? > > > > # root ~/ogt2/confs ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42098 @ 1615890149.004363 == > > 2021-03-16+11:22:2920 ) # > > PWD=/bla > > No. If you want to

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/16/21 6:23 AM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: .. ? # root ~/ogt2/confs ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42098 @ 1615890149.004363 == 2021-03-16+11:22:2920 ) # PWD=/bla No. If you want to set PWD instead of letting cd/pushd/popd manage it, all bets are off. Just like setting HOME changes tilde expansion.

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev
but is it a bug its a bug to use heavy subshells for such i understand the addment of this case tho On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:23 PM Chris Elvidge wrote: > On 16/03/2021 10:23 am, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: > > .. ? > > > > # root ~/ogt2/confs ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42098 @ 1615890149.004363 == > >

Re: is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Chris Elvidge
On 16/03/2021 10:23 am, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: .. ? # root ~/ogt2/confs ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42098 @ 1615890149.004363 == 2021-03-16+11:22:2920 ) # PWD=/bla # root /bla ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42148 @ 1615890199.128728 == 2021-03-16+11:23:1920 ) # Yes, it seems \w (and \W) take their values from

is it a bug that PWD=whatever sets PS1's \w to that regardless

2021-03-16 Thread Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev
.. ? # root ~/ogt2/confs ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42098 @ 1615890149.004363 == 2021-03-16+11:22:2920 ) # PWD=/bla # root /bla ( 0 @ 2 ) boost ( 42148 @ 1615890199.128728 == 2021-03-16+11:23:1920 ) #