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From: lat@druil.UUCP (TepperL)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Korn Shell Question
Message-ID: <202@druil.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 10:07:37 EST
Article-I.D.: druil.202
Posted: Thu Oct 30 10:07:37 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 31-Oct-86 13:48:43 EST
References: <22300001@ntvax>
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Denver, Co
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Summary: Setting PS1 is easy

In article <22300001@ntvax>, mike@ntvax.UUCP writes:
> 
> I have a Korn Shell question that perhaps someone can answer. I like to
> have as my system prompt my current path. When I use csh, I set up my
> .cshrc file with these entries:
>   
> set prompt = "! `pwd`}"  -- this establishes my prompt as my command number
> 			    and current path when i first initiate the shell
> 
> alias cd 'chdir \!:1; set prompt=\!\`pwd`}\'
> 			    this sets up my cd command to not only change
> 			    my working directory but to change the prompt.
> 
> I would like to have something similar to this in ksh but I'm not sure how
> to change PSx on the fly.

In the version of ksh we run here, all you have to do is add to
your .profile:

	PS1='$PWD} '

The Korn shell keeps the name of the current directory in the
shell variable PWD.  Also, note that you don't need to update
PS1 every time you chdir.
-- 
Larry Tepper	    {ihnp4 | allegra}!drutx!druil!lat	+1-303-538-1759