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Date:      Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:55:50 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
To:        Bart Trzynadlowski <btrzynadlowski@powernet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: prompt in csh and terminals
Message-ID:  <19990606105550.D254@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <19990606105121.C254@marder-1>; from Mark Ovens on Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 10:51:21AM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906051734020.197-100000@Brzuszek> <19990606105121.C254@marder-1>

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On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 10:51:21AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 05:42:56PM -0700, Bart Trzynadlowski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 	I have three simple questions.
> > 
> > 1) How can I set the prompt in csh and sh so that it reflects the current
> > path... in zsh I got it working so it now looks like:
> > 
> 
> Not sure about sh(1), but in csh(1) try adding the following alias
> to your ~/.cshrc:
> 
> cd \!*;set prompt="`hostname`:`pwd`{\!}% "
> 

Whoops! didn't cut 'n' paste that properly. Should be:

alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="`hostname`:`pwd`{\!}% "'

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Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK
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