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Is there a way, on winNT, to get bash to set the title/banner?
Like Tom (see note attached) I like to set the title to $PWD.
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<h1>Re: bash window banner</h1>
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<i>Sun, 3 Aug 1997 04:56:57 GMT</i>
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In article <33E375DA DOT 1895 AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>,<br>
Tom <rdorgan AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> wrote:<br>
<i>>I notice that bash changes the window banner based on the last command</i><br>
<i>>executed. I always configure my x windows to show hostname:pwd. It</i><br>
<i>>allows me to leave my prompt very small as well as avoiding the nervous</i><br>
<i>>pwd'ing I usually do with only a '$ ' for PS1.</i><br>
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<i>>Is there any way to configure this in the current bash executable or </i><br>
<i>>would it require a programming change?</i><br>
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Sergey's newer cygwin.dll's have an option (suggested by me *blush*)<br>
where setting the environment variable CYGWIN_NOTITLE causes the title<br>
to remain unchanged. You might want to check that out.<br>
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