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From:	"Jon S Berndt" <jsb AT hal-pc DOT org>
Subject:	Re: termcap problem in RXVT?
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Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:53:25 -0600
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:34:20 -0800
  Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com> wrote:
>Jon,
>
>For whatever reason, you've managed to invoke /bin/sh 
>(ash) instead of BASH in the RXVT emulator context. Ash 
>doesn't interpret the escape sequences in the PS1 
>variable set up by /etc/profile to make the prompt 
>conform to someone's idea of utility and aesthetic merit.

Oops! I should have done this:

rxvt -exec bash -login -i &

I think. Sorry for the confusion, but thanks for the quick 
heads up.

Jon

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