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from: Andy McArdle
date: 1996-09-05 18:58:56
subject: Forcing re-eval of the Prompt cmd.

* Forwarded from area "A  Genl - Help" (HELP_AMY)
 * Originally from: Andy McArdle (41:300/251)
 *              to: All
 *            date: 05 Sep 96  18:55:09

G'day people,

  Just wondering if anyone knows of any method to get the time displayed in
the Shell prompt?  (OS 3.1)

  I've tried using:

     prompt "%N: `date` %S>"
   & prompt "%N: `rx 'say Time()'` %S>"

  but this method has one flaw...  the `xxx` expression is evaluated only
ONCE, when the Shell is first started, and all subsequent prompts thus have
the same entry.  [sigh]

  Ideally, what I want is the correct time displayed for _each_ individual
prompt...  so that when I drop back to the CLI I can see exactly when each
command was executed.  Well, when it returned, actually.  :)

  Anyone got any ideas how to go about this? :?

  Shall I shut up now?       __                            . o       o ,
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