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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Grand Master)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: ksh prompt
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Date: 28 Feb 91 15:09:14 GMT
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In article <1772@brchh104.bnr.ca> herrage@brchh107.BNR.CA writes:
>I have the following defined in my .profile:
>
>  alias prompt="PS1=\"--> \`pwd\` <--
>  hostname> \""
Try instead
PS1="--> \$PWD <-- 

			Bruce Varney
			   The Grand Master