Re: Bash can't find, PS1 and HISTSIZE

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il>]

> I have freshly installed Slink and put the following lines in my
> ~.bashrc :
> ________________________
> case $TERM in
>      xterm*)
>          PS1 ="\[\033]0;\u@\h: \w\007\]\w\$ "


Isn't the white space character before the = sign cause bash to interpret PS1 
as a command ?


>          ;;
>      *)
>          PS1 ="\w\$ "
>          ;;
> esac
> 
> 
> HISTSIZE =1000
> _________________________
> 
> I get the following error when I open an xterm,
> 
> bash: PS1: command not found
> bash: HISTSIZE: command not found
> bash-2.01$ 
> 
> I don't understand this.  Both commands worked in my last Slink system. 
> I checked the list archives and didn't find anything.  Anyone know how
> to fix this?
> Thanks,
> kent
> 
> 
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