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From: shari@zahle.wpi.edu (Shari Deiana VanderSpek)
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Subject: Re: Pretty prompt
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Date: 26 Jun 91 14:26:07 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.163726.10604@umiami.ir.miami.edu> rfrost@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>How do I get a prompt which will always show the current directory.
>For example:
>
>     /usr/rfrost>


i put 2 lines in my .cshrc to do this

set prompt="`echo $cwd`> "
alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="`echo $cwd`> "'