bash window banner

Chris Faylor cgf@bbc.com
Sat Aug 2 21:57:00 GMT 1997


In article < 33E375DA.1895@worldnet.att.net >,
Tom  <rdorgan@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>I notice that bash changes the window banner based on the last command
>executed. I always configure my x windows to show hostname:pwd. It
>allows me to leave my prompt very small as well as avoiding the nervous
>pwd'ing I usually do with only a '$ ' for PS1.
>
>Is there any way to configure this in the current bash executable or 
>would it require a programming change?

Sergey's newer cygwin.dll's have an option (suggested by me *blush*)
where setting the environment variable CYGWIN_NOTITLE causes the title
to remain unchanged.  You might want to check that out.

Sergey's homepage is:

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