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From: barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Setting PS1 prompt to show current directory
Message-ID: <3075@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 06:30:23 EST
Article-I.D.: vdsvax.3075
Posted: Wed Nov 25 06:30:23 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:29:26 EST
References: <275@caus-dp.UUCP> <106600018@datacube>
Sender: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP
Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Summary: PS1="`pwd` >" won't work

In article <106600018@datacube> ftw@datacube.UUCP writes:

|PS1="`pwd` >"

It seems to me that either

	1. `pwd` is executed once while PS1 is evaluated, which won't
	   do what the requestoer asked (keyword: current)
	2. `pwd` is executed on EVERY prompt. You don't want this either.