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From: connet@sal50.usc.edu (David Connet)
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Subject: Re: Getting UNIX prompt to display current directory
Keywords: UNIX  prompt directories pwd
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Date: 22 Mar 89 05:29:26 GMT
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In article <2187@solo11.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
.	Solution 2 (if your sh has shell functions).
.	------------------------------
.	c()     # you might not be able to name this function `cd'
.	{
.		cd $1
.+		PS1="`pwd`> "
.	}
.	------------------------------
.
.	Solution 3 (if your sh has both shell functions and $PWD).
.	------------------------------
.	Change the line indicated with `+' to
.		PS1="$PWD> "

Actually you can just get away with
	PS1="\$PWD: "
        ^
The backslash is required.  The shell (at least ksh) then reevaluates
the PS1 each time.