On 12/23/01 9:59 PM, "Mark Benson" <mdb299@soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Does anyone know how to construct a 'set prompt =' up for tcsh that
> looks a bit like:
> 
> server /path/folder:
> 
> I'm used to something approaching it in OS X (with square brackets
> for some reason) and I don't have a display of what path I'm on
> which is just plain confusing.

This is what I had copied from my OS X box and it has worked well so far:

        # Set up prompt
        set promptchars = "%#"
        if ("$version" =~ tcsh*) then
          set prompt = "[%m:%c3] %n%# "
        else
          if ($uid) then
            set prompt = "[$host] $user% "
          else
            set prompt = "[$host] $user# "
          endif
        endif

Which is inside a:

if ($?prompt) then

statement.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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Ryan La Riviere

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