Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:29:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Julio Merino <juli@klamath.local>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Some /bin/sh questions Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0201021627510.9788-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020102162401.GA35605@student.uu.se>
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 05:11:48PM +0100, Julio Merino wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 05:04:45PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > Julio Merino <juli@klamath.local> wrote: > > > > First, how can I add the current working directory in the PS1? > > > > > > export PATH=$PATH:. > > > > > > However, you should be aware of the security implications. > > > It's usually better not to do that. > > > > No, no, no... PS1, not PATH. I know that about PATH, and I don't want > > it. What I would like is sh to show the current working directory in > > the prompt line... So, I do this in zsh: > > export PS1="%w%# " > > And I get this as my command prompt: > > /tmp# > > > > Is this possible with sh? > > I don't think you can do that with /bin/sh $ moo () { > chdir $1 > PS1=`pwd` export PS1 > } $ alias cd=moo There may be better ways, but what you say next is accurate... > In general, sh is not very good for interactive use. For interactice > use I would suggest you use tcsh (included in the base system) or bash > or zsh (both available from the ports system) instead. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk That which does not kill us goes straight to our thighs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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