[GRASS-user] modify prompt

[Hamish]

Sebastian wrote:
> What variable controls the shell prompt for GRASS 6.4 (SVN)?  I cannot
> find it in the docs.  When I need to work directly from the prompt and
> deep inside a tree, it becomes very hard to read because it includes the
> full path.

usually "PS1"

"echo $PS1"


I have this in my .grass.bashrc:

export PS1='G64:\W > '


\w gives the full path, \W gives just the top level.


there is also $PROMPT_COMMAND which lets you know that a MASK is in
place, etc. It points to $GISBASE/etc/prompt.sh


Hamish