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From: caren@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Caren Alink)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: PROMPT
Message-ID: <508@ssp11.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 26 Oct 89 14:09:24 GMT
References: <21262@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands
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In article <21262@adm.BRL.MIL> shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu (Shahryar G. Hashemi) writes:
>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.

Try putting:

PS1='"$PWD" > '

in your .profile file.