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From: sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: PROMPT
Message-ID: <89Oct24.223607edt.19928@me.utoronto.ca>
Date: 25 Oct 89 02:35:56 GMT
References: <21262@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: University of Toronto Mechanical Engineering
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In article <21262@adm.BRL.MIL> shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu (Shahryar G. Hashemi) writes:
>Hello there,
>
>I have a question about setting up my prompt in UNIX.  In DOS you can a:
>PROMPT $P$G
>and it will automaticaly change my prompt when I change to a new directory.
>
>I would like to know how to do this same command in UNIX.  I have tried 
>alias {but no good man pages}.  Could someone out there please help me.
>
>Shahryar Ghazneini Hashemi
>
><shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu>

Add this alias entry to your .login or .cshrc:

	alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt=$cwd"% "'

I think it will do what you want.

Andy
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