Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip
From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Prompt as Current Directory?
Keywords: Use a function in your .profile
Message-ID: <2568946E.889@ateng.com>
Date: 21 Nov 89 00:18:53 GMT
References: <Nov.16.00.56.12.1989.9985@paul.rutgers.edu> <2114@sactoh0.UUCP> <1989Nov19.180921.20357@ultra.com>
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to rmg@ultra.com (Rich Geiger):
>Somehow
>  /usr/baziotes/projs/releases/source/lint/obj/debug/notes/private %
>as a prompt is somewhat irritating. Doesn't leave much space for
>typing a command, either!

Right.  That's why I've got the last two components of the path in my
prompt.  Using tcsh:

   alias precmd 'set _h=${cwd:h}; set prompt="%m {${_h:t}/${cwd:t}} % "'

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