I am trying to set a dynamic PS1 that will change its content no matter what the user does. But I am finding that the shell variables I put in it do not get refreshed.
One simple example of what I mean :
PS1="$HOSTNAME:$USER $PWD > "
if the user changes directory, the PWD variable is not updated. It still has the values set at the initial PS1 setting.
How can I have any variables in PS1 be dynamically updated on each value changes and be transparent to what the user is doing ?
This is on AIX 4.2 servers with Korn.