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- From: dra2@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Daniel Allen)
- Subject: Re: better 'CD' command wanted!
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- References: <1993Jan16.003001.9711@credit.erin.utoronto.ca> <meFPXB3w165w@coyote.datalog.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 06:24:18 GMT
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- cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:
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- >e228reac@credit.erin.utoronto.ca (Rea Christopher Wi) writes:
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- >>
- >> The reason for a replacement CD command is simple. Sure, auto-directory
- >> navigation with Release 2 was made incredibly easy, but there are those of
- >> us whose fingers are just itching to do "cd .." to return to the parent
- >> directory. After using UNIX for a long time and AmigaDOS too it gets
- >> confusing. I find myself using "cd .." on the Amiga side occasionally and
- >> "cd /" when I'm logged into a UNIX system; one CD command that could handle
- >> both would solve the problem for me on the Amiga. (UNIX is a different
- >> story... :-)
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- >
- >alias cd / cd ..
- ^ ^
- 'alias' would barf on the imbedded spaces.
-
- >Wouldn't that work in the Shell-Startup file?
- >
- >(Speaking of that, I gotta get cracking on that and get it fixed up the
- >way *I* like it myself... :) )
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- Amen to that, custumizashun is what it's all about on the 'miga!!! :-)
- > _____ ______________________ _____
- > |/ | | cobra@datalog.com | | /\
- > |\ en |hompson | cobra@jab.tus.az.us | |ucson, /--\rizona
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- Daniel Allen
- dra2@cornell.edu
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