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From: hydrovax@nmtsun.nmt.edu (M. Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: getting current dir in dcl prompt
Message-ID: <1288@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 88 01:15:58 GMT
References: <8801281127.AA17941@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: NMT Hydrology program
Lines: 24
Summary: Here's how.

In article <8801281127.AA17941@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, V2002A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("The Radio Gnome") writes:
> $TEMP = "show default"
TEMP doesn't get set to the current default.  It gets set to "SHOW DEFAULT"
which explains ....
> $SET PROMPT = 'TEMP'
This expands out to "SET PROMPT = SHOW DEFUALT" which gives the following
behavior:
> 
> ..but VMS will only take a string for SET PROMPTs argument
> and the string must not have spaces in it.  VMS complains about
> "too many parameters" >:-{
> 
try :
   $ TEMP = F$ENVRIONMENT("DEFAULT")
   $ SET PROMPT="'TEMP'"
and this will do the trick.

If you are currently in USER:[WARNER], then your prompt will be set
to USER:[WARNER].

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