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Re: problem with named directories over the net



On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 03:55:48PM +0300, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I like to shorten my prompt by using '~' instead of the full path
> > to my home directory.  For example:
> > 
> >   / $ cd ~/bin
> >   ~/bin $
> > 
> > Now the problem occurs when I fire up mc.  Upon leaving mc, a
> > script from the mc documentation cds into the current path and I
> > get something like
> > 
> >   /net/server/share/home/luthien/bin $
> > 
> > as the prompt because this is where my home directory comes from.
> > /home is a symbolic link to /net/server/share/home.  Any idea how
> > I can prevent this?
> > 
> 
> PS1="%~ %# "
> 
> Is it what you want?

No, I already have that im my prompt.  The problem is that only
"/home/luthien" is written as "~",
not "/net/server/share/home/luthien".

Bye

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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