Re: volume label in prompt?

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/10/12 05:57 PM, TJ Luoma wrote:


Thanks, I knew about all of these, but now that I think about it again, 
I realize that I can
do what I want simply by changing the hostname of each distro to 
something specific and
informative, and that's very satisfactory.
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm now running three machines here, each with several copies of various
> > linii available.  It gets a bit confusing.  I'm wondering if there might be
> > something I can add to my prompt that could help me remind myself where I'm
> > at.  I'm open to any suggestions, but one idea I had was something to
> > identify the volume label of the current root directory.  That would do it
> > if it can be done. Can it?
> PROMPT="%n@%m %~: "
>
> n = username
>
> m = hostname up to first "."
>
> %~ is the current directory, using ~ for $HOME when appropriate.