Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!occrsh!occrsh.ATT.COM!rjd From: rjd@occrsh.ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing ( Message-ID: <142700005@occrsh.ATT.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 15:25:00 EST Article-I.D.: occrsh.142700005 Posted: Fri Dec 4 15:25:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 22:00:18 EST References: <2368@emory.uucp> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:emory.uucp:-236800:occrsh.ATT.COM:142700005:000:361 Nf-From: occrsh.ATT.COM!rjd Dec 4 14:25:00 1987 > ... > Recompile and reinstall the shell. Then, in your .profile you > can say > > PS1='`pwd`> ' > ... > In all cases, for BSD /bin/sh or S5R[23] /bin/sh, you have to modify the > code to get the result. Ksh already does things this way, so if you > have ksh it's not a problem. Doesn't work for my ksh..... All I get is: # PS1='`pwd` >' `pwd` > Randy