Changing C shell prompt

[robert maxwell_1]

How do i change my c shell prompt to show the current path instead of hostname?

[Alan Riggs]

Don't use csh, but in bourne, posix and ksh you modify the PS1 parameter. The one I use is:

PS1="<"'$LOGNAME'"@$(uname -n)> "'$PWD

[James R. Ferguson]

Robert:

See document #A3742192

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=3047f9b00a6dcc506a/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024669366

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Robert:

I should be more explicit. Add either of the following to your $HOME/.cshrc or $HOME/.login file.

To show both the hostname and the current working directory:

alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="[`hostname`]$cwd :"'

To show only the current working directory:

alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="$cwd : "'

In either case, whenever you change directories your prompt will be updated to reflect this.

...JRF...