Pretty prompt

[Philip Yzarn de Louraille]

In article <1991Jun13.163726.10604 at umiami.ir.miami.edu> rfrost at umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>How do I get a prompt which will always show the current directory.
>For example:
>
>     /usr/rfrost>

On Ultrix, and using the csh, I use:

set prompt="`echo $cwd`>"
alias cd      cd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'
alias pushd   pushd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'
alias popd    popd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'
You could replace echo $cwd by pwd, but it is slower and won't always
show you what you want, especially if you have directories that have
symbolic links to somewhere else.
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