OK, now what?
Earnie Boyd
earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Thu Dec 21 12:38:00 GMT 2000
--- 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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