Bourne shell .profile $PWD 1

[s2budd]

Within the .profile file
I know that the $PWD does not work within the bourne shell -only the korn shell.

The below command with korn shell works for including
the current directory within the prompt - but is there any way of acheiving this within the bourne shell ?

export PS1=`print $USER | cut -f3 -d/`':$PWD > '


Many thanks for any help
Stuart

 

[gregor weertman]

Stuart,

I'm not 100% sure if this works.
Just try.

CD1(){
x=$1
cd $x
PS1=$(basename $(dirname $PWD))/$(basename $PWD)
if [ -d /$PS1 ] ;then
PS1=$PWD
else
PS1=.../$PS1
fi
PS1="[$(hostname):$PS1]# "
}
alias cd='CD1'

Regards Gregor Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com

 

[s2budd]

Gregor

That's fantastic.
It works a treat - many thanks
Stuart