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From: lbn@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Lars Bo Nielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Getting UNIX prompt to display curr
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Date: 24 Mar 89 17:54:21 GMT
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Simply (in CSH):

1) Full pathname:
	alias cd 'cd \!*; set foo=`pwd`; set prompt=$foo"% "'
2) Only name of current dir:
	alias cd 'cd \!*; set foo=`pwd`; set prompt=$foo:t"% "'
3) Include name of machine in prompt
	alias cd 'cd \!*; set foo=`pwd`; set prompt=$host":"$foo"% "'
or	alias cd 'cd \!*; set foo=`pwd`; set prompt=$host":"$foo:t"% "'
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