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Re: Handling of \W in the PS1 prompt is buggy in certain cases.
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Handling of \W in the PS1 prompt is buggy in certain cases. |
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Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:42:08 -0500 |
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On 11/13/12 5:26 PM, dpovey@gmail.com wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.1
> Patch Level: 5
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> If a directory is a subdirectory of / and has four or five characters in
> its name, the PS1 prompt is wrong for it. Examples below.
This was fixed in bash-4.1 patch 10.
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