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From: kers@otter.HP.COM (Christopher Dollin)
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Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (was: PS1 and the bourne shell...)
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Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 04:51:13 EST
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Re: the prompt string thing.

I admit it. I'm new to the net. It's not really the right sort of question.
But ... why do people want to display the current directory in their prompt
string anyway? What am I missing? Is it really worth all the effort people
are devoting to it, or is it just the challenge of bending grotty pieces of
software to our needs that prvieds the attraction?

Puzzled,
Kers.