i was wondering if there was a way to set it to show the full path instead of just the $. typing 'pwd' all the time is getting on my nerves. i'm using putty. i hope that's enough info' i'm pretty new to this. thanks , Mike

Look for your PS1 variable and set that in your home directory .profile Since, I use bash, I would set this in my .bash_profile export PS1="[\u@\h \W:]" The output would be username@homedir \current dir:] Example. jdoe@diamond etc: This will eliminate the you constantly having to type pwd to find out which directory you are in. You can also change the settings in the PS1 variable, I think a lowercase w instead of an uppercase shows the entire path name instead of last part of dir. ex. [jdoe@diamond /usr/local/bin]: Hope this helps, its been awhile since I've dealt with this, maybe someone else could shed some more light on this for you.