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From: rjd@occrsh.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (
Message-ID: <142700018@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 87 16:36:00 GMT
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Nf-From: occrsh.ATT.COM!rjd    Dec  7 10:36:00 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` >

  Here we go, writing a response to my own note.  After posting this, I
received mail from quetzal!rcw suggesting I try this:

PS1="\$PWD > " ; export PS1

  Well, what do you know. IT WORKS!! (at least for ksh.)  I thought I tried
it, knowing that ksh has a readonly PWD variable (readonly to the user) that
always reflects the present working directory.
(thanks - quetzal!rcw)

Randy