Am So, den 25.01.2004 schrieb Ko Pu um 18:41: > PS1 question: > How can I change the PS to display the current directory? According to > documentation, the \w should show the current directory, but when I used it, > it showed ~, what I'm looking for is to display info similar to pwd. ~ means home directory. If you want to have pwd output so just use it. Read for detailed instructions the bash prompt howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/ > prompt question: > I'm using dsl modem, so the ip address is dynamic, and the prompt showed the > ip address, how can I change it to my computer name? I added it to my > /etc/host but I still got the ip address. This is what I have in my prompt. > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 Linux]$ Edit /etc/sysconfig/network -> HOSTNAME > Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion > > Ko Fei Pu > mailto:ko_pu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl Sirendipity 18:47:57 up 1 day, 2:26, load average: 0.35, 0.15, 0.16 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ]