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Date:      Sun, 17 May 1998 12:16:02 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /bin/sh question
Message-ID:  <19980517121602.K370@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980517122402.1225A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>; from Brendan Kosowski on Sun, May 17, 1998 at 12:27:13PM -1000
References:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980517122402.1225A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>

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On Sun, 17 May 1998 at 12:27:13 -1000, Brendan Kosowski wrote:
>
> How do I make /bin/sh display the current working directory before the $
> prompt.

Well, I don't know why you're using /bin/sh, but putting this in your
.profile should do the trick:

  cd () { command cd $1; PS1="`pwd` -> "; }

Greg
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