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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:58:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: change prombt
To: Johann Letzel <johann.letzel@student.hu-berlin.de>,
        cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
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The easiest way to learn this information is to read the bash.info file. 
However, to change the prompt to the working directory, add this to the .bashrc
file `export PS1="\w> "'.

Earnie.

--- Johann Letzel <johann.letzel@student.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
> How can I change the prompt. I don't want to see "bash-2.02$" I want to
> see perhaps my working directory !
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Johann Letzel
> 
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