Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site wuphys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wuphys!mff From: mff@wuphys.UUCP (Space Goat) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Funny prompts Message-ID: <165@wuphys.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 17:58:53 EDT Article-I.D.: wuphys.165 Posted: Thu Oct 11 17:58:53 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 06:24:18 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis Lines: 24 Speaking of funny prompts, I have always wanted to write a shell script which would change the prompt every so often, while I'm logged on. The problem is that I can run a background process to change the shell variable PROMPT (I'm running csh), but the parent process (the shell that I'm talking to) doesn't know anything about that variable. Anyone have any ideas? Mark F. Flynn Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 ihnp4!wuphys!mff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." P. Floyd