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Re: termcap problem in RXVT?
- From: "Jon S Berndt" <jsb at hal-pc dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:53:25 -0600
- Subject: Re: termcap problem in RXVT?
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:34:20 -0800
Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com> wrote:
>Jon,
>
>For whatever reason, you've managed to invoke /bin/sh
>(ash) instead of BASH in the RXVT emulator context. Ash
>doesn't interpret the escape sequences in the PS1
>variable set up by /etc/profile to make the prompt
>conform to someone's idea of utility and aesthetic merit.
Oops! I should have done this:
rxvt -exec bash -login -i &
I think. Sorry for the confusion, but thanks for the quick
heads up.
Jon
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