Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:54:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU> To: trzy@powernet.net (Bart Trzynadlowski) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prompts Message-ID: <199906102354.RAA07500@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906101615410.393-100000@Brzuszek> from "Bart Trzynadlowski" at Jun 10, 99 04:20:37 pm
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> Csh is for my root account and when I logged in as root I got to
> experience what follows:
>
> /root# cd ..
> /root# cd /home/trzy
> /root#
Well, from the comp.unix.questions FAQ: (for csh)
alias setprompt 'set prompt="${cwd}% "'
setprompt # to set the initial prompt
alias cd 'chdir \!* && setprompt'
The same type of strategy can work for other shells. The problem with
what you were attempting is that shell variables are evaluated when they
are created. So your first directory was loaded into the variable, and the
expression wasn't re-evaluated later. If you change cd (as above) you can
have it re-evaluate this expression.
Jon Doran
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