[TriLUG] Changing slashes to backslashes in prompt

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2019, Bick via TriLUG wrote:

> I am reading through a Linux book right now and one of the exercises in the 
> chapter about environment variables is to make the prompt look more Windows 
> like.  Specifically, I am supposed to make the prompt display C:\directory.

I'm sorry that someone is asking you to do this.

It indicates to me that someone thinks Linux is a cheap way to get Windows 
functionality, rather than a well designed system that stands on its own.

I hope you don't wind up in a job where someone wants you to do this.

Joe

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