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- From: catapcnl@NeXTWork.Rose-Hulman.Edu. (Chris Lawrence)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Unix style parent directory (..)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.180818.25535@cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 18:08:18 GMT
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- In article <63149@cup.portal.com> joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- writes:
- :>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
- :
- :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
- :-------
-
- Isn't "." the current directory? For example, "copy devs:printer.device to ."
- (which you could do under ARP).
- --
- Chris Lawrence
- Pretender to the Throne; Destroyer of the Faith
- -----------------------------------------------
- "In a democracy, the majority often gets what it wants. Occasionally, it also
- gets what it deserves."
- - ??? (Can someone tell me?)
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