[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated base-files-4.0-6

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Thu Mar 31 19:56:00 GMT 2011


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:53:53PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Am 31.03.2011 13:24, schrieb Jon TURNEY:
>>What the man page doesn't tell you is that bash actually unsets PS1 if
>>the shell isn't interactive, so for bash at least, exporting PS1 can't
>>cause a problem.
>
>bash isn't the only shell under the Sun.

No way!  I thought most other shells shunned the light.

Good to know.

cgf



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