Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:33:52 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> To: Markus <mennis@ucsd.edu> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: prompt2 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981208082110.6865B-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org> In-Reply-To: <19981208151654.S12688@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 7 December 1998 at 20:41:44 +0000, Markus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've searched hi and low but cannot find any info regarding the prompt > > shell variable. I've been attempting to set my prompt as the current > > working directory such as: > > > > /usr/home/marke>% > > > > and have it change when the directory is changed. I was going to do an > > alias for cd and maybe change the prompt variable or use the second > > prompt variable if I knew how to print it as well but couldn't find the > > cd executable, I believe it's a system call???, > > No, it's not a system call. > > > and couldn't find info on prompt2. Do you know how to do this?? > > It depends on your shell, which you haven't mentioned. Take a look at > the man page for your shell. Hi Markus, I like a slackware style prompt so I borrowed Patrick's syntax from /etc/profile and stuck it in my .profile. This works for bash...for other logins that invoke bash as a subshell I put it in my .bashrc. PS1='`hostname -s`:`pwd`$ ' Looks like you need simply: PS1='`pwd`>%' or something similar. For the ksh, I use: PS1='my_box:$PWD$ ' where my_box is the output from hostname... --- BTW, I notice a striking similarity between the FreeBSD and Slackware setup programs (both written in dialog for starters)... ;-) Cheers, Tom ----------- Sisters of Charity Medical Center ---------- Department of Psychiatry ---- Thomas Good, System Administrator <tomg@q8.nrnet.org> North Richmond CMHC/Residential Services Phone: 718-354-5528 75 Vanderbilt Ave, Quarters 8 Fax: 718-354-5056 Staten Island, NY 10304 www.panix.com/~ugd ---- Powered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2 / Perl 5.004 / DBI-0.91::DBD-PG-0.69 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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