First of all, thank you for your willingness to help. You're very kind.
So, I got this prompt: twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> by defining PS1 in the .profile as : [CODE]PS1=$LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME1:$%7BPWD%7D$MYPROMPT"
(MYPROMPT was previously defined as : MYPROMPT="> ".
Here's my dilemma: When I'm at the prompt and I type, let's say: cd mydir, the prompt should change to
, meaning, it should display the current directory, which now is
, but instead, it stays as
, which means PWD is not getting updated/refreshed.
I hope the problem is now clear.
Thanks again.
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