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From: "Rashid N. Achilov" <shelton@sentry.granch.nsk.su>
To: Matthew & Lori Taylor <connecte@sprynet.com>
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Subject: Re: Changing the prompt_name
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Matthew & Lori Taylor wrote:

> How would I change the prompt_name in the OS?  Currently it's still
> <myname>.  I am a NOVICE UNIX user, so if this question seems dumb,

Try next: (in your .cshrc if you use csh or somewhere if you use another
shell)

if ($?prompt) then
	# An interactive shell -- set some stuff up
	set mch = `hostname -s`
	set prompt = "${mch:q}:[$USER] \!>"
endif

	Best Regards,
   	Rashid N. Achilov      	  E-Mail: shelton@sentry.granch.nsk.su
      Granch Ltd. lead engineer   FidoNet: 2:5000/92.1


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