Forget the man page on bash--to much work for a simple request. Edit ".bash_profile" and add thge lines:
export MACHINE=`uname -n` export PS1='$MACHINE:$PWD>' This will give you a prompt like: "zues:\home\dooher>" Regards, Dan George Bonser wrote: > > I hate to say this but man bash and read the section about prompts. It > goes in your ~/.bash_profile > > On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Could someone tell me how to setup my linux prompt to display what directory > > I am in? > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > George Bonser > > Tommy Lasorda for baseball commissioner! > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ========================================================== * Dan Dooher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * System Administrator 954-351-2120 ext. 515 * * SportsLine USA, Inc. http://www.sportsline.com * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
