Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 27 May 1998 19:35:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To:        Charlie Root <root@cc1003523-a.twsn1.md.home.com>
Cc:        Question=answer <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980527193217.462A-100000@outpost.nada.org>
In-Reply-To: <199805271722.RAA00847@cc1003523-a.twsn1.md.home.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Presuming you're using csh, make an alias like:

alias cd = cd \!* ; set prompt="$cwd#"

or something like that...

try and check you shells's manpage. (i.e. man csh)

Spidey



On Wed, 27 May 1998, Charlie Root wrote:

> I have a problem with my shell prompt.
> I want to set it so that it will show the directory I am currently in.
> I have tried to do this with:
> 
> 	set prompt="`pwd`#"
> 
> All seems fine until I switch directories, and the directory listed on the prompt stays the same.
> 
> I.E. I am in "/root" but the prompt says "/usr/bin#".
> 
> I am using the sh shell and I am wondering if there is a way to get it to do
> "pwd" each time before the prompt appears so that it will always reflect my
> current directory.
> 
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> 
> 

Spidey

 ____________________________________
| Still searching for a good .sig... |
\------------------------------------/


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.980527193217.462A-100000>