bashrc question

[Joe]

Don't know your answer, but ...
Have you tried man ash?

I don' t do much with bashrc, but I have a handful of small scripts I 
put there to use  like shortcuts.  Here's an example:

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
    . /etc/bashrc
fi
.
.
.
bin() {
cd $HOME/bin
echo -en "\t\t"
pwd
}

which is a little function which switches me to my bin directory and 
tells me what it did.

[bigbird at localhost bigbird]$ bin
                /home/bigbird/bin
[bigbird at localhost bin]$


Joe

S. Lawton wrote:

>Is .bashrc shell specific or is it a "generic" file ?
>i apparently don't have one currently. 
>When I open rvxt, this is on the top of the screen: 
>
>BusyBox v0.60.5 (2004.09.18-02:04+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
>
>Many of the common commands in bin and sbin are actually links to
>BusyBox.
>Is ash different from bash ? As this is a live cd, could this just be a
>typographical error ?
>What I really want to know is, if I make a bashrc would it be used, or
>if ash is different, what file do I need to put in ~ to change the
>command prompt ? 
>
>I have never tried to edit bashrc before, because in other distros the
>command prompt has always been of the form: login name current
>directory, or something similar. Puppy has nothing but a prompt
>character in a terminal, so I figured this would be a good time to try,
>but the file's not there. 
>
>  
>

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