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From: bard@THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bard Bloom)
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> 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?

I often have half a dozen windows onto half a dozen machines, and half a
dozen people trying to get me to do things for them.  I need all the help
keeping this stuff straight that I can get.

-- Bard Bloom