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From: gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: current pwd in prompt
Message-ID: <476@picuxa.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 15:03:48 GMT
References: <11656@brl-adm.ARPA>
Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Parsippany NJ
Lines: 31
Summary: Aaaargh!!

In article <11656@brl-adm.ARPA>, Mensing.HENR801c@Xerox.COM writes:
> 
> Can anyone explain to me how to get my prompt to be the current directory? I
> have tried several methods without any success. It seems that no matter what
> method I try, the prompt is evaluated once and never changes.
> 
> Just in case it matters, I am on an AT&T 3B2/400 running korn shell under UNIX
> System V.3.1.


Aaargh not again!  You can't believe how this same quesstion cluttered up the
netwaves recently.


Since you're running korn-shell, your in luck.  The way I have done it as 
follows:

	Create a file called .env or something like that in your home
	directory.

	Add the line PS="`pwd` > "    The '>' is not necessary, but I use
	it to delimit my prompt.		

	Add the line ENV=$HOME/.env to your .profile.

This works for me.  You should probably prepare yourself to receive a flurry
of responses to this question.

Good Luck

Greg Pasquariello
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