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From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: current pwd in prompt
Summary: Unix World article
Message-ID: <2@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 88 23:09:18 GMT
References: <11657@brl-adm.ARPA> <17877@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: V-Systems -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <17877@topaz.rutgers.edu>, ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
> This works with any real shell:
> 
>     PS1="."
...
> On the Korn shell (but not most Bourne shell PS1 is evaluated each time
> it is printed so you can:
> 
>     PS1="`pwd` "
The current (February) issue of "Unix World" has a nice little script for
this written by Aspen Technologies, Inc., the ksh people.  It's on page 109
in the Wizard's Grabbag.

Michael Sullivan
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