setting directory path within Cygwin profile

[Earnie Boyd]

Philip Humeniuk wrote:
> 
> How would I go about setting the prompt to be the login directory path using
> "export PS1=" within the C:\cygwin\etc\profile?
> 

That depends on the shell!!  export PS1=" within the \$pwd> " will work
for most shells but not all.  /bin/sh will not do the variable
substitution, PS1 must be constant for /bin/sh.

Earnie.

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