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From: Jeremy Falcon <jeremy@intersurf.com>
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Subject: Re: .cshrc
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As far as I'm aware, LOGNAME is not a default environment variable.  If you're
trying to set your prompt to "user %", then try this...

tcsh

set prompt = ''%n %"

csh

set prompt = "$user %"

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,

Jeremy L. Falcon

> Why does this not work when i have added this in my .cshrc file
> 
> set prompt = "$LOGNAME %"
> 
> ./K
> 
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