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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Unix style parent directory (..)
- Message-ID: <63149@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 23:29:27 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <36248@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
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- >I'm looking for a smart cd command or something similar
- >to reduce the shock of going back and forth between
- >amigados and unix on a daily basis. Is there some OS patch
- >that will recognize ".." or "." and substitute the apropriate
- >directory path?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Steve
- >
- >--
- >___________/\ ___________________________________________________________
- _
- >Steven Cobb \ / scobb@ucsd.edu Graduate School:
- > \ / It's not a job...
- > UCSD \/ ision Lab It's an indenture
- .
- >
-
- How about shell aliases like
-
- alias . cd :
- alias .. cd /
-
- I just tried them and they work fine. (Love this multitasking!)
- (Er, If I remember right, that's what Unix . and .. are?)
-
- -Joel
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