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bashrc overwritten

whoa: does anyone find that their .bashrc file gets overwritten?
something appears to touch just the line that sets PS1. this could be me somehow, but i really dont think so....

Code:

diff /root/.bashrc /root/.bashrc-from-before-reboot

h='\h'

u='\u'

w='\w'

c1='\[\033[01;32m\]'

c2='\[\033[01;34m\]'

cEnd='\[\033[00m\]'

-PS1="$c1$u$h$cEnd:$c2$w$cEnd\$ "

+PS1='\h-40-4_PR_005:$c2$w$cEnd\$ "

it appears to find a line that looks like

Code:

PS1=(BEFORE):(AFTER)

and replace it with

Code:

PS1='\h-VERSION:AFTER

.

which is really annoying, since it is malformed if you dont have a closing single quote {which i dont, as above}.

im going to add another line that sets it more obliquely until i figure out WHAT is setting it and kill it.

EDIT: a workaround is to do COLON=':', and then use $COLON instead of ':' in the line that sets the PS1.
this is not a solution, though, because the replace pattern is so general it could produce all sorts of, erm, interesting behaviour, like bricking my n9.

Re: bashrc overwritten

im using bash, btw, not ash.
i have a .profile:
unset DISPLAY && exec bash

Re: bashrc overwritten

after more extensive testing, it seems that ANY line that matches the perl regex:

Code:

(.*)PS1=(.*):(.*)

will be replaced with

Code:

$1PS1=$x:$2

where $x is something like

Code:

\h-40-4_PR_005

including comments...

#no PS1=.*:.* line, so n9 wont kill it
=>
#no PS1='\h-40-4_PR_005:.* line, so n9 wont kill it

this is SO stupid its incredible..

Re: bashrc overwritten

Hi,

It is possible that there is a watchdog service running in the background that prevents bashrc from being modified.

But more importantly, why are you tinkering with bashrc? You could just write your own script, and set whatever paths you want there.

Re: bashrc overwritten

Quote:

Originally Posted by zero.vishnu (Post 1154275)

thanks for the reply!

this is my own .bashrc, in $HOME. i use it on every system that runs bash, {n900, laptop, n9, desktop, android ereader, etc}.

the bashrc works fine. i have an open kernel installed, and bash is running nicely, both when i ssh in and when i run meego-terminal. my aliases work, my gnu find/grep work {instead of busybox}.

....until i reboot.
when i reboot, the $HOME/.bashrc gets modified in a strange fashion.

it doesnt get replaced entirely, which i would understand and try to workaround.

only certain lines get changed, and in a very poorly programmed way.

the lines that get changed have to have the string "PS1=" and then the string ":" somewhere after it. lines that meet this arbitrary criteria are replaced as i describe above.

Re: bashrc overwritten

I also use bash (but not as default shell) on Nokia N9, and the .bashrc is never rewritten. My PS1 line :

Code:

# Set colors for prompt

#

col_bold="\033[1m"

col_red="\033[1;31m"

col_green="\033[1;32m"

col_yellow="\033[1;33m"

col_blue="\033[1;34m"

col_purple="\033[1;35m"

col_cyan="\033[1;36m"

col_normal="\033[0;39m"



# Prompt Settings

# PS1

PS1="\[${col_cyan}\]\u@\h:\[${col_blue}\]\w\[${col_normal}\]\$ "

export PS1

Re: bashrc overwritten

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcolistete (Post 1154621)

I also use bash (but not as default shell) on Nokia N9, and the .bashrc is never rewritten. My PS1 line :

Code:

# Set colors for prompt

#

col_bold="\033[1m"

col_red="\033[1;31m"

col_green="\033[1;32m"

col_yellow="\033[1;33m"

col_blue="\033[1;34m"

col_purple="\033[1;35m"

col_cyan="\033[1;36m"

col_normal="\033[0;39m"



# Prompt Settings

# PS1

PS1="\[${col_cyan}\]\u@\h:\[${col_blue}\]\w\[${col_normal}\]\$ "

export PS1

cool! now, do you put it in /home/.bashrc, or /root/.bashrc {root's home dir}

i believe only the one in /root/.bashrc is getting rewritten for me, contrary to what i implied earlier.

Re: bashrc overwritten

Yeah, I am surprised to confirm that '/root/.bashrc' has the PS1 overwritten !

Re: bashrc overwritten

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcolistete (Post 1155517)

Yeah, I am surprised to confirm that '/root/.bashrc' has the PS1 overwritten !

thx, glad this is not me-only. weird bug..