[ On Sunday, April 11, 1999 at 18:09:27 (-0700), Brian D Chase wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Root .profile
>
> On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Curt Sampson wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Brian D Chase wrote:
> 
> > > It would likely be wise to include logic
> > > to determine '$ ' vs '# ' prompts in case a normal user with /bin/sh
> > > decides to not have a $HOME/.profile
> > 
> > You don't need to do that in the profile; the shell does # for root
> > and $ for non-root automatically.
> 
> How ideal. :-)

OK, then USE IT!  ;-)

>    I don't really mind the inclusion of the hostname in the
> prompt though.  It can often be helpful.  

This is all you need then:

PS1="${HOST:=`/bin/hostname -s`} $PS1"
 
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