From: John Galbraith <john@bartok.lanl.gov>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: PS1 corrupted through "su"
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:25:56 -0700 (MST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14448.55754.322294.62194@bartok.lanl.gov> (raw)
I have been dabbling with zsh, and I put some color in my prompt. This is
the relevant init stuff:
red="$(echo -n '%{^[[31m%}')"
cyan="$(echo -n '%{^[[36m%}')"
yellow="$(echo -n '%{^[[33m%}')"
normal="$(echo -n '%{^[[0m%}')"
export PS1="%(?.${yellow}.${red})%~%(!.${red}#.${cyan}%%)${normal} "
This works great, until I su root. As my normal user, I get color and
everything looks like it should. It looks like
/usr/local%
^yellow ^cyan
When I su, the prompt turns to
%(?.%{%}.%{%})%~%(!.%{%}#.%{%}%%)%{%}
^yel ^red ^cyan ^ normal
where I have marked the spots where the gibberish changes colors. It
appears that the color change commands are interpreted at the wrong time.
If I type "echo $PS1", I get the same thing. If I then start a new shell
as root (by typing "zsh"), things work as expected.
Why doesn't PS1 make it through the su? How do I get it to work, without
having to start up a new shell?
Thanks,
John
next reply other threads:[~2000-01-03 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-03 17:25 John Galbraith [this message]
2000-01-03 18:03 ` Christoph Berg
2000-01-03 18:10 ` Steve Reid
2000-01-03 18:14 ` John Galbraith
2000-01-03 18:23 ` Nemeth Ervin
2000-01-04 0:18 ` John Galbraith
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