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From: graham@fuel.dec.com (graham)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Current directory in the title bar..
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Date: 11 Dec 90 02:19:58 GMT
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> Subject: Current directory in the title bar..
> Date: 5 Dec 90 01:43:38 GMT

> 
> Is there a way to display the current directory in the title bar of the
> xterm.

Try the following  with a C Shell.  Tested on RISC/ULTRIX only.

if (! $?0) then
  # we've been run from a login session
  echo running .cshrc
  #
  if ($?TERM) then
    if ($TERM == xterm) then
      stty dec
      echo "initializing xterm"
      #
      # save our hostname
      #
      setenv HOSTNAME `hostname`
      #
      # update the title right now
      #
      echo -n "]0;"${HOSTNAME}"::"${cwd}""
      #
      # alias to set the title freely
      #
      alias title 'echo -n "]0;"\!*"" '
      #
      # alias cd, pushd, popd to update the title bar with dir and host
      #
      alias cd 'cd \!*; echo -n "]0;"${HOSTNAME}":"${cwd}"" '
      alias pushd 'pushd \!*; echo -n "]0;"${HOSTNAME}":"${cwd}"" '
      alias popd 'popd \!*; echo -n "]0;"${HOSTNAME}":"${cwd}"" '
      alias rlogin 'echo -n "]0;"\!*":";/usr/ucb/rlogin \!*; echo -n
"]0;"${HOSTNAME}":"${cwd}"" '
      
    endif
   #

Christopher Graham           Internet: graham@fuel.enet.dec.com 
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