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From: mike@cimcor.UUCP (Michael Grenier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Setting PS1 prompt to show current directory.
Message-ID: <421@cimcor.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 05:54:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 18 05:54:38 1987
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Keywords: How do you do it?
Summary: Are you sure???
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In article <16549@topaz.rutgers.edu>, ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
> You can't.  Plain and simple.
> 
> It requires a 5R2 or later Bourne shell and its shell function
> feature to accomplish it.  Ksh from the UNIX toolchest will
> provdie the functionality.
> 
> -Ron


I admit that I have 5.2 (Microport) but all I did was

    PS1=`pwd`

which worked fine for me.

    -Mike 
    meccts!cimcor!mike