Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!rochester!ritcv!ccs6277 From: ccs6277@ritcv.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (was: PS1 and the bourne shell...) Message-ID: <7@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 13:37:20 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.7 Posted: Sun Dec 6 13:37:20 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 06:23:34 EST References: <279@caus-dp.UUCP> <1311@puff.wisc.edu> <137@anumb.UUCP> <305@caus-dp.UUCP> <3075@megaron.arizona.edu> Reply-To: ccs6277@ritcv.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 23 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:5878 comp.unix.questions:5228 Here is how I've been putting my path name into my command prompt for my Unix PC in Korn Shell ------------- lines in .kshrc --------- SYSTEM=`system` PS1="$SYSTEM `pwd` [!]: " alias oldcd=cd alias cd=newcd newcd() { oldcd $* PS1="$SYSTEM `pwd` [!]: " } ------------- end of .kshrc ---------- Cliff Skolnick ...rochester!ritcv!ccs6277 ...rochester!ritcv!ritcsh!sabin!lazlo!{root|ccs}