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From: FOP@SECTHF51.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: getting current directory for lunch
Message-ID: <8802211945.AA07405@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 18 Feb 88 22:18:00 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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>>>>>>>>>>From: *.*;*
>>>>>>>>>Subject: getting current dir in dcl prompt
>>>>>>>>I have written the following command procedure
>>>>>>>$SET PROMPT = show que/batch/all  ! Why doesn't this work?
>>>>>>RE: changing prompt using SYS$DCLAST
>>>>>RE: RE: RE: prompt=sh def
>>>>..but VMS will only
>>>RTFM
>>"too many letters"
>RE: My aunt always has her BROTHERS default directory as prompt string


I would prefer the following routine:

$ SET PROMPT

(I have written it all by myself. )

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