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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!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nmia!gallup.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Path in prompt !!?? help! Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 12:31:25 -0600 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 22 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960518123101.24008H-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> References: <DrG8vz.HCE@student.twi.tudelft.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DrG8vz.HCE@student.twi.tudelft.nl> Have you tried set prompt = "`pwd` -> " ?? On Wed, 15 May 1996, M.V. van der Star wrote: > 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 > > >