Korn Shell Question

[Adam V. Reed]

> I have a Korn Shell question that perhaps someone can answer. I like to
> have as my system prompt my current path. When I use csh, I set up my
> .cshrc file with these entries:
>   
> set prompt = "! `pwd`}"  -- this establishes my prompt as my command number
> 			    and current path when i first initiate the shell
> 
> alias cd 'chdir \!:1; set prompt=\!\`pwd`}\'
> 			    this sets up my cd command to not only change
> 			    my working directory but to change the prompt.
> 
> I would like to have something similar to this in ksh but I'm not sure how
> to change PSx on the fly. Has someone done something similar to this??
> 
>       |#         J. Michael Flanery         #|

Ksh maintains the path of the working directory in $PWD, so you can use
	PS1='! $PWD $ '
which gives you the history file line number, the path of the working
directory, and "$ " to remind you you're using ksh.
					Adam Reed (ihnp4!mtund!adam||attmail!adamreed)