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From: tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Bourne Shell Question?
Summary: Korn Shell, etc
Message-ID: <201@carroll1.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 89 21:09:59 GMT
References: <8517@dasys1.UUCP>
Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI
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In article <8517@dasys1.UUCP>, dap9702@dasys1.UUCP (Dan Powers) writes:
>   Does anyone know how to get a prompt in Bourne Shell that contains the
> current working directory (pwd). I can get this to work in C shell by 
> specifing an alias for cd as 'cd \!*;set prompt="[`pwd`]% "'. Any and all
> help would be appreciated.
> DP

I have not yet seen this done on a Bourne Shell, and I have asked a few
people and none of them know how to do it.  I seem to remember an easier
way to do it in csh, but I cannot remember (has been 6 mos + since I've 
seen the method).  Some particular reason you need it in Bourne shell only?
The only shell I have figured out how to do it in is Korn shell.  As an 
example, using

PS1='$PWD >'

gives me

/assist/tkopp >

when in home directory.


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"Those who do not understand Unix      |Thomas J. Kopp
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