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From: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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Subject: Re: Changing prompt
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:57:54 +0000 (GMT)
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> 
> Hi,
> 
>         How can I change my prompt in FreeBSD to reflect the current
> directory I'm in?

You saw it in csh/bash.  Tcsh is the same as csh, (pd)ksh is the same as
bash, but you cannot do the \X stuff, only PS1='$PWD > '.  And finally 
here it is in the standard shell (sh, precisely: ash):
cd() {
chdir "$@"
PS1="`pwd` > "
}

(It works only in FBSD's sh, in traditional shells, you cannot make a
function using the same name as an internal command; and in traditional
sh's hasn't got chdir.)

-- 
	Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>

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