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From: iwarner@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (Ivan Warner,G44 SSTF,6632,)
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Subject: Re: alias to link cd to pwd
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Date: 9 Jun 89 10:15:53 GMT
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From article <3710@tank.uchicago.edu>, by phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu:
 
> A long time ago, I had a script that links a cd to
> reset the prompt to the currently connected directory.
> 
> Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore, and my documentation
> is not telling me how to delay the execution of `pwd` in something
> like
> 
> 	alias cd "cd \!^ ; set prompt=`pwd`"
> 
> Could someone please post a copy of such an alias, please? 
> Incidentally, I am running a NeXT with Mach, a Berkeley 4.3BSD
> variation without ksh but with csh.
 

	Here's mine:

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	alias cd '\!\! ; set prompt="! $cwd:t> "'
	alias pushd '\!\! ; set prompt="! $cwd:t> "'
	alias popd 'popd ; set prompt="! $cwd:t> "'
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	This gives a prompt with the command number (useful for history
substitution) and the last component of the directory path (the tail).

	If you want the whole pathname in the prompt remove the `:t' after
the $cwd.


	Ivan Warner.