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nero64 · 12-07-2002, 07:09 PM

I made a mistake and deleted my /root directory. Is there any sofTware that can undelete it. If not it's not important. Just curious that's all.

When i logged in the terminal prompt looks like this:

bash-2.04#

before it looked like this:

[root@localhost /root]#

How do i get it back to what it was before?

I don't seem to have any .bash files in the /root..hmmm

mcleodnine · 12-07-2002, 07:35 PM

have a look it /etc/skel, and if you have /etc/profile then you can also try 'source /etc/profile'

clavius · 12-08-2002, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mcleodnine
have a look it /etc/skel, and if you have /etc/profile then you can also try 'source /etc/profile'

# cd /etc/skel
# find -type f | xargs -iZ cp -d Z /root
# find -type d -maxdepth 1 | xargs -iZ cp -dR Z /root
# exit

and login again

jetfreggel · 12-08-2002, 06:19 AM

look at man bash and search (/) PS1
and look at the discription of the keys
and modify your bash.profile
and then source .bash_profile

nero64 · 12-08-2002, 08:50 PM

ok thanks it worked.

I wish i knew what the find parameters meant though

bulliver · 12-08-2002, 10:49 PM

give "man find" a try

404 · 12-10-2002, 06:16 PM

why suggest all the search this find that just tell him the command already

pico .bashrc
then put in this

export PS1="[\u@\h \w] "

that will make it just like you had it