Prompts and cwd...

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1 total messages Started by Mr. Loony Thu, 01 Nov 1990 19:22

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Author: Mr. Loony
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 19:22

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I have the following in my .login to put the cwd in the prompt:

set prompt="gn:$cwd ->"
alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="gn:$cwd ->"'

  If your system does not set cwd, then simply replace $cwd with `pwd`

I have used both at one point or another, and they have worked...
Hope this helps...

    Larry 

daffner@ecn.purdue.edu

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