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Subject: Re: Changing prompt
To: rcutter@ctgusa.com (Ryan Cutter)
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 18:46:40 +0100 (GMT-1)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960705154424.008cda38@ctgusa.com> from "Ryan Cutter" at Jul 5, 96 11:44:24 am
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Ryan Cutter wrote / a ecrit:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         How can I change my prompt in FreeBSD to reflect the current
> directory I'm in?
> 

If you're using tcsh (which I highly recommend), I suggest:

	set prompt="%m:%~%# "

While we're at it, I have the following in  my  .cshrc  which  I  find
useful when running xterms:

	if ($?tcsh) then
		if ("$term" == "xterm") then
			set prompt="%{^[]0;%n@%m (%l - $$) %/^G%}%# "
		else
			set prompt="%m:%~%# "
		endif
	endif

It dynamically sets my xterm banner  to  something  like :

		af@garfield (/dev/ttyp6 - 3572) /home/u/af/gnu

See "man tcsh" for all the other goodies tcsh has.

_Alain_
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