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From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Changing Directory
Keywords: cd
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Date: 3 Aug 89 19:39:43 GMT
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In article <9730@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes:

>You cannot put the "cd longfilename" in a shell script and execute it
>as the 'current directory' is only inherited from parent to child

Unless, of course, you use the "." command in the shell ("source" in csh)
to execute the script in the current shell environment instead of
forking a new shell.
    
Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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