pwd prompts in unix

[Gregory Ketell]

How you set up your prompt depends on what shell you are running.  Here are
some methods I use.

CSH:
	Create two aliases in your .cshrc file
		alias cd	'cd \!*;promp'
		alias promp	'set prompt = "`hostname`:`pwd` ! > "'
	This will result in a prompt such as   tolkien:/usr/bin 23 > 
	which tells you which machine you are currently on, your path, and
	what history command you are on.

KSH:
	The Korn Shell has support for that built in.  All you do is set
	your prompt command in your .profile to something like
		PS1  $HOST:$PWD ! >
		export PS1
	and it will give you the same results as above.  
	(Please excuse me if this is not perfect.  I have not been on
	 the Korn Shell for quite some time.)

Good Luck,
Gregory G. Ketell
Director of Systems Engineering
Rimma Technologies, Inc. 
gketell at seq.csuhayward.edu