using hpux in the startup script my prompt goes like this:

set prompt="${HOST}:`pwd` (\\!) ${USER}% "

where the sample output is:

server1:/home/myhome (100) usrname%

when i change directory my prompt automatically updates so that i know my present directory and the history number so i can backtrack my commands by issuing !n.

is this possible in sun? i tried to insert this in my .login in sun using this:

PS1="`hostname`:`pwd` (\\!) ${USER}% "

which resulted in:

server1:/home/myhome (!) usrname%

since ${HOST} did not work, i used `hostname` instead. but the history part did not appear and when i tried to change directory my prompt did not update.

please help me.

thanks,

Suggest the following be added to your .cshrc

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

thankyou very much for the suggesstion...

it worked out just fine.