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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: System V questions
Message-ID: <1964@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 2 Jan 90 14:49:34 GMT
References: <21916@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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Reply-exos:@crdgw1:To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)

In article <21916@adm.BRL.MIL> herman%nrl.decnet@ccf3.nrl.navy.mil (NRL::HERMAN) writes:

  Answers here apply to Korn shell (ksh) only.

|  i) How can I get the prompt to show me the current directory.

  PS1='$PWD> '
       ^^^^ Working directory (must be in ', not ")
| 
|  ii) Is there something available in System V which is equivalent to the 
| 	'alias' command available in BSD UNIX.  That is, can one define 
| 	symbols in a way similar to the way #define defines symbols in C.

  ksh has alias, as well as shell functions
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