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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!daryl.scsn.net!news From: noorm@scsn.net (MN) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Path in prompt !!?? help! Date: 17 May 1996 13:28:19 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4nhutj$uir@daryl.scsn.net> References: <DrG8vz.HCE@student.twi.tudelft.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: cola46.scsn.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I would like to know that too. In article <DrG8vz.HCE@student.twi.tudelft.nl>, star says... > >Hi, this may be a dumb question but I have recently installed FreeBSD 2.05 >and I wonder how to get my prompt to display the current directory ! >I have tried things like (from the top of my head) : > >set prompt = "$cwd -> " > >this sets the prompt to the directory I'm currently in but doesn't change when >I move to a different directory ! > >Please help, and if you can, also send your reply to me through e-mail. >Thanks!! >My e-mail address is : s795238@dutiwy.twi.tudelft.nl > >Ciao, >Menno >