Re^2: Getting UNIX prompt to display current directory

[Maarten Litmaath]

connet at sal50.usc.edu (David Connet) writes:
\...
\Actually you can just get away with
\	PS1="\$PWD: "
\        ^
\The backslash is required.  The shell (at least ksh) then reevaluates
\the PS1 each time.

Precisely! *ksh*, not sh.
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