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From: aeusesef@csun.UUCP (sean fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: PS1 and PWD in david korn's shell
Message-ID: <967@csun.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 87 18:17:53 GMT
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In article <3@dropte.foobar.UUCP> tw@dropte.UUCP (Tom Walsh) writes:
>In article <7@ritcv.UUCP> ccs6277@ritcv.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>> ...in Korn Shell
>...lots of work to get cwd in PS1 using korn shell
>> ...rochester!ritcv!ritcsh!sabin!lazlo!{root|ccs}
>$PWD is maintained by korn shell.  use it.  it is cheaper than
>`pwd`... by a  long shot.

No, it's not. `pwd` get evaluated as the shell's pwd, which just returns
$PWD.  The overhead is relatively small on Korn Shell (and versions of
Bourne shell that have pwd built in).


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