[SunHELP] Dynamic Xterm Titles using PS1
Seth van buren
sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Oct 24 00:30:38 CDT 2001
Hello,
I am trying to dynamically set the tile of my xterm based on the machine and
directory I am in.
I would like this information updated everytime I change directories or
logon.logoff another machine.
I have seem many recomendations and FAQ on the internet on how do do this.
I do not want to wrap the "cd" command to do this, as this will not help me
when I logoff on machine, after telneting to it from another.
I have checked the Min howtoos and the Xterm FAQ site. They all give a
method that uses escape charactes in the Prompt String (PS1). However I
have found this to have no effect, other that when the prompt is first set.
I am using Solaris 8 and ksh.
Any help appreciated.
Kind Regards
Seth
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