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[ Repost.  My first posting didn't show up on any of the local newsservers. ]

! Please excuse me if this question has already been asked...
! (I did look in the FAQ first.)  I'm a new net user and just
! discovered this newsgroup.
! 
! Is there anyway in Bourne shell to define the prompt to reflect
! the current working directory like you can in csh?

Why on earth do you want to do interactive work in plain Bourne shell
when there are vastly better alternatives?  Listed as: ksh (if available),
bash, zsh, tcsh.  (I prefer tcsh, but that's a matter of personal taste).
The latter 3 are in the public domain, and the case may be that none of
these are installed at your site, however you ought to check that out.

Ok, I admit that I have a setup for plain Bourne shell so that it will
set the prompt, and it even does pushd/popd, like csh.  It requires a
version of Bourne shell that understands functions.  But there is a draw-
back; since it is impossible to substitute the builtin "cd" command, you
have to remember to do "cwd" all the time, or else the prompt won't change.
I'll send it to you separately, if you think you want a look at it.

However, like I said, I urge you to proceed to better shell environments
than "sh" and "csh" provides.

  ~~h