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From: gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (was: PS1 and the bourne shell...)
Message-ID: <407@picuxa.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 87 14:03:28 GMT
References: <305@caus-dp.UUCP> <1170001@otter.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Parsippany NJ
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In article <1170001@otter.HP.COM>, kers@otter.HP.COM (Christopher Dollin) writes:
> But ... why do people want to display the current directory in their prompt
> string anyway? 

	It is basically an easy way to always know where you are.

> are devoting to it, or is it just the challenge of bending grotty pieces of
> software to our needs that prvieds the attraction?

	Yes! :-)