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From: pcash@cxhq.UUCP (Peter Cash)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: alias to link cd to pwd
Summary: print cwd in inverse video
Message-ID: <1506@cxhq.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 89 18:44:25 GMT
References: <3710@tank.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Computer X Inc., Schaumburg, IL  USA
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In article <3710@tank.uchicago.edu>, phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
> 
> A long time ago, I had a script that links a cd to
> reset the prompt to the currently connected directory.
...
> Could someone please post a copy of such an alias, please? 

I use the following solution:

# in .profile:

alias cd=c
. .functs

# in a separate file called ".functs":

c() { cd $1; PS1="`tput smso``pwd`:`tput rmso`
"; }

This prints the prompt as inverse video, and gives me an entire
line on which to enter long commands.  (This can be handy if the
cwd is long, also...)


Peter