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From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Using "cd" in a bourne shell script
Message-ID: <526@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 89 19:59:56 GMT
Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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   This has probably been discussed before so try not to flame me too
 much. :-)

   I'm trying to use "cd" in a bourne shell script to assist new users
 with an application. Its real simple:

 	who
	date
	cd /utils

   Now there are a few other things I can set before the "cd" command
 but you get the idea. As you know, what happens is that after I run the script
 I end up in the same directory I started from.  I seem to recall running
 into this before but for the life of me I cannot recall the solution.
 (don't you just hate that!) Obviously after running the above script I
 would want a "pwd" to return "/utils". Hope someone can clear the smoke
 for me on this one. Thanks.


						John


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