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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Path in prompt line? Post 302112976 by vino on Monday 2nd of April 2007 10:39:30 AM
Old 04-02-2007
This works for me on sh

Code:
export PS1="[\w] "

 

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Bootloader::Path(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Bootloader::Path(3)

NAME
Bootloader::Path - abstraction of path constants PREFACE
This package provides path for configuration files. It is used to enable testing on created chroot. It is used only for internal purpose. SYNOPSIS
"use Bootloader::Path;" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Prefix ($path);" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Logname();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Fstab();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Sysconfig();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_menulst();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_devicemap();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_grubconf();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_grub();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_conf();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_efi();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_elilo();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Lilo_lilo();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Lilo_conf();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Zipl_conf();" "$path = Bootloader::Path::Zipl_zipl();" DESCRIPTION
"$path = Bootloader::Path::Prefix ($);" Add to absolute path prefix. Only internal function. Allways retuns correct value. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Logname();" Gets logname path. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Fstab();" Gets fstab path. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Sysconfig();" Gets path for bootloader sysconfig. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_menulst();" Gets path for grub configuration file menu.lst. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_devicemap();" Gets path for grub configuration file device.map. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_grubconf();" Gets path for grub configuration file grub.conf (this file contains commands for initialize bootloader). "$path = Bootloader::Path::Grub_grub();" Gets path for grub binary "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_conf();" Gets path of elilo configuration file. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_efi();" Gets path to efi directory. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Elilo_elilo();" Gets path to elilo binary. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Lilo_lilo();" Gets path to lilo(or powerlilo) binary. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Lilo_conf();" Gets path to lilo(or powerlilo) configuration file. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Zipl_conf();" Gets path to zipl configuration file. "$path = Bootloader::Path::Zipl_zipl();" Gets path to zipl binary. perl v5.12.1 2010-05-14 Bootloader::Path(3)
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