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Loren M. Lang lorenl at alzatex.com
Mon Apr 11 01:26:50 PDT 2005


On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 06:50:38AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> On Apr 10, 2005 4:47 AM, bob at a1poweruser.com <bob at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> > Gert
> > I see you are using pwd command to display where in directory tree
> > you currently pointing
> > There is a way to configure FBSD to display the directory path as a
> > prefix in front of the command line so you know where you are at in
> > the directory tree at all times, thus eliminating the need to use
> > the pwd command.
> > Issue following command from command line
> > 
> > set prompt = "# %/ >"        # that's "#space%/space>"
> > 
> > /root/.cshrc gets executed when you log on as root.  Find and change
> > the set prompt command in .cshrc to the one above and you will never
> > have to use the  pwd  command again.
> > 
> 
> No its to long then :)

In bash, there is the ability to have it show just the current
directories name instead of the whole path, I use this for my shell to
cut down on space.  Does (t)csh have this as well?

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