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From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
To: "'Robert Bram'" <Robert DOT Bram AT colesmyer DOT com DOT au>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Customising prompt
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:38:53 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bram [mailto:Robert DOT Bram AT colesmyer DOT com DOT au] 
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:25 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Customising prompt

Hi All!

I want my prompt like this:
bash2.05b User rbram on host cml035835 in dir /cygdrive/c/ Mon Oct 17
12:52:59> 


Here is my attempt so far:
PS1="\n\s\v \[\e[31m\]User \[\e[34m\]\u \[\e[31m\]on host
\[\e[34m\]\h\[\e[31m\] in dir \[\e[34m\]\w\n\d \t> \e[30;47m "

The issue is this: the I am getting black text on grey background - why is
this? I thought "\e[30;47m " means black text on white background. That is
what I understood from this page:
http://www.pantz.org/scripting/shell/colorterm.shtml

Kind regards,

Rob
:)

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Robert Mark Bram
Portal Analyst Programmer
eTechnology, Coles Myer Limited
robert DOT bram AT colesmyer DOT com DOT au
+61 3 9635 1036

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