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Re: OK, now what?
- To: Scott M Blackledge <scottb2 at us dot ibm dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: OK, now what?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 12:38:49 -0800 (PST)
--- Scott M Blackledge <scottb2@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> I tried downloading the current version of cygwin today. Yes, I've read
> the FAQ and the readme's. Perhaps its just been a long day, but I've
> executed setup.exe and after clicking on the cygwyn desktop icon, the DOS
> window pops up with
>
> I have no name!IBM-R4I1LNZXQ9E ~
>
This is just the bash shell prompt set in the /etc/profile file. It is
controlled by setting the PS1 variable. You can modify the /etc/profile file
to your liking. Are you on a W9x system? The `I have no name' is taken from
the `id -un' command.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
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