jand@maestro.htsa.aha.nl (Jan Derriks) (02/26/91)
In article <KITANO.91Feb25205440@corn.pa.yokogawa.co.jp> kitano@corn.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Kinichi Kitano) writes:
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-I put a script in my .profile (from the book The Kornshell)
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-$ cat .profile
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-.
-export SECONDS="$(date '+3600*%H+60*%M+%S')"
-typeset -z2 _h _m
-_hh="(SECONDS/3600)%24" _mm="(SECONDS/60)%60"
-_time='${_x[(_m=_mm)==(_h=_hh)]}$_h:$_m'
-PS1="$(hostname) $_time "'[!] '
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-(This script prints the time of day.)
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-And when I sourced my profile ( . .profile ), terminal hung.
-This happend at every HP's (HP9000/800, HP9000/400. HP9000/300 from
-$Revision: 56.4 to $Revision: 64.38.1.14 $ )
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-What is the problem?
I think your PS1 exceeds the length in COLUMNS. We had this problem
some time ago when my collegue tried a fancy way to set COLUMNS and
LINES.
Try this and ksh hangs:
export COLUMNS PS1
PS1='waaaaaayyyyy toooo loooongggg > '
COLUMNS=10
I didn't get your script to work yet, but I have a strong suggestion
the PS1 exceeds COLUMNS columns...
Does anyone know if this is a known bug in ksh ?
Jan Derriks
PS: can anyone please fix the bugs in the 'MODEM DTR question' thread ?
(I'm still waiting...)
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