Re: How do you get different $PS1 for /bin/sh and /bin/ksh?

On 17/09/2020 00:58, Ashlen wrote:
> On 20/09/15 05:49PM, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> Maybe it's just because OpenBSD sh is just ksh in disguise or there
>> might be other reasons that I obviously don't know.
>
> Yep, you're right. They share the same inode.
>
> ls -li /bin/{,k}sh
>
> 77862 -r-xr-xr-x 3 root bin 613656 Sep 15 12:10 /bin/ksh
> 77862 -r-xr-xr-x 3 root bin 613656 Sep 15 12:10 /bin/sh
>
> sh(1) also attests to this.

Thanks but I gave that for granted. My question was about not exporting
PS1 to subshells. In theory, it shouldn't be exported but it does get
exported if one uses ENV=.kshrc vs sourcing .kshrc.


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Ottavio Caruso