Very Computer

Hi,
   I saw on recently someones system where they had the path displayed at
the top of the window.As one changed directory/file the path changed at
the top of the window too. This would be really handy for me as I'm doing
some development type stuff and typically have three or four windows going
at any one time, and of course I keep forgetting which file is in which
window. Can any one help?

Regards,
Paul.
Pinnacle Internet Services Ltd.

|>Hi,
|>   I saw on recently someones system where they had the path displayed at
|>the top of the window.As one changed directory/file the path changed at
|>the top of the window too. This would be really handy for me as I'm doing
|>some development type stuff and typically have three or four windows going
|>at any one time, and of course I keep forgetting which file is in which
|>window. Can any one help?

Try the following (in ".cshrc") assuming you are using csh/tcsh:

if ($?DISPLAY && $?TERM) then
  switch ($TERM)
  case sun-cmd:

    alias IHeader '/bin/echo "\033]L.../$cwd:t\033\\\c"'
    alias cd     'cd     \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias pushd  'pushd  \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias popd   'popd   \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias pwd    'dirs      ; Header ; IHeader'     # can be used as a "refresh"
    alias su     'su     \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias rlogin 'rlogin \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    Header ; IHeader                                # initialize
    breaksw
  case sun:
    #
    #  "sun" normally applies to the *console*.  Don't do anything special
    #  in this case or there'll be trouble.  Really, we should check the tty
    #  name for this because "sun" could also apply to shelltools.
    #
    alias pwd   dirs
    breaksw
  case xterm:
    # (may or may not need extra backslashes below)

    alias IHeader '/bin/echo "\033]1;'`hostname`'\c"'
    alias cd     'cd     \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias pushd  'pushd  \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias popd   'popd   \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias pwd    'dirs      ; Header ; IHeader'
    alias su     'su     \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    alias rlogin 'rlogin \!*; Header ; IHeader'
    Header ; IHeader                       # initialize
    breaksw
  default:
    alias pwd            dirs
  endsw
endif

Hugh.

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