Hi,
I received many suggestions but the simplest way is as following:
PS1="`whoami`_at_`hostname`[\${PWD}]"
Many thanks to all of you.
Yaseen
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>From: Yaseen Mostamand - EXC
>Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 1997 4:53 PM
>To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
>Subject: Default directory
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I am new with Digital UNIX. In my .profile, I have a command line as
>following:
>PS1="`hostname`:`whoami`[`pwd`]"
>
>When I login, the prompt shows the host-name, user-name and my default
>directory but when I change the directory the prompt still show as I am
>in my home directory.
>
>What I would like to see is when I change my directory my prompt should
>change to the current directory as well. Do I miss something in here?
>
>Thanks,
>Yaseen
>
Received on Thu Apr 03 1997 - 19:44:11 NZST