* Change the prompt to indicate if we're in a chroot

[home-base.git] / .bashrc

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index c59a6a5b0c857c9cd82d254840251608aa46035f..b0dbc2c3d61054025b37f77c3d736a295a7ee386 100644 (file)
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ if [ "$PS1" ]; then
 
     # set a fancy prompt
     #printf '\33]2;%s\007'
+    
+    # See if we're in a chroot
+    if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
+       debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
+    fi
+
     # we want to set the color based on what machine we're on
     # if it's a remote, SSH_CONNECTION will be set
+    # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
+    
     if [ -n "$SSH_CONNECTION" ]; then
        # figure out what color to use
        COLOR=$(hostname|md5sum|perl -ne 'if (/^([a-f\d]{8})/) {
@@ -45,10 +53,10 @@ if [ "$PS1" ]; then
               }
               print $col;
               }')
-       PS1="\[\033[$COLOR\]\h \[\033[0;36m\]\t \w$\[\033[0m\] "
+       PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[$COLOR\]\h \[\033[0;36m\]\t \w$\[\033[0m\] "
        unset COLOR
     else
-       PS1="\[\033[0;36m\]\h \t \w$\[\033[0m\] "
+       PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[0;36m\]\h \t \w$\[\033[0m\] "
     fi;
     # \[\033[1;36m\][\w]\n\[\033[0;36m\][\h|\t]$ \[\033[0m\]