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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Path in prompt !!?? help!
Date: 19 May 1996 09:54:42 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> wrote:
> Have you tried set prompt = "`pwd` -> " ??
Won't work, since the backticks will only be evaluated once, when
setting the prompt.
Same is true for ``set prompt = "${cwd} -> "''.
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cheers, J"org
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