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From: creider@csd.uwo.ca (Chet Creider)
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Subject: Can value of environmental var appear in prompt?
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Date: 17 Jun 91 18:47:21 GMT
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How can one make the value of an environmental variable appear in a
C-shell prompt? While using screen, I often become confused as to which
window I'm in. Screen maintains an environmental variable WINDOW giving
the number of the current window. Can this value be put into a prompt?

Thanks,

Chet Creider
creider@csd.uwo.ca