Customizing pterm prompt

Hello,

how to customize ($PWD) the prompt in pterm (terminal photon terminal)
?

Thx

export PS1=’$PWD->’

Regards,
Barry

“rp” <rp@no.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

how to customize ($PWD) the prompt in pterm (terminal photon terminal)
?

Thx

OS Support wrote :

export PS1=’$PWD->’

Yes, but in which configuration file ?
It’s Ok in console mode but not in photon pterm (and my aliases
configurated in /etc/profile are disabled either).

rp <rp@no.com> wrote:

OS Support wrote :
export PS1=’$PWD->’

Yes, but in which configuration file ?
It’s Ok in console mode but not in photon pterm (and my aliases
configurated in /etc/profile are disabled either).

The shell runs /etc/profile and ~/.profile only if it’s a login shell. You
have a couple of choices:

  • If you’re using ksh, create a file (e.g. ~/.kshrc) and set ENV to be
    its name in your ~/.profile. You can also set aliases in the non-login
    profile (the shell doesn’t export aliases, so you have to set them
    whenever you start a shell).

  • You can start pterm with the -l option to make it into a login shell.

I hope this helps.


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

Steve Reid wrote :

  • You can start pterm with the -l option to make it into a login shell.

That’s exactly what I need.

I hope this helps.

You do, thank U.