Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!otter!kers From: kers@otter.HP.COM (Christopher Dollin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: The whole prompt string thing (was: PS1 and the bourne shell...) Message-ID: <1170001@otter.HP.COM> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 04:51:13 EST Article-I.D.: otter.1170001 Posted: Mon Dec 7 04:51:13 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 13:12:37 EST References: <305@caus-dp.UUCP> Organization: hplabs-brc Bristol,UK. Lines: 10 Re: the prompt string thing. I admit it. I'm new to the net. It's not really the right sort of question. 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? Puzzled, Kers.