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From: lvc@cbnews.att.com (lawrence.v.cipriani)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: ksh prompt
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.133215.12269@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 4 Mar 91 13:32:15 GMT
References: <1772@brchh104.bnr.ca> <1991Feb28.173758.21195@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <57517@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com>
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In article <57517@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> heiby@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) writes:
>#		Define the replacement for the "cd" builtin
>function ch {
>	if cd ${*:-''}
>	then
>		resetps1
>	else
>		return 1
>	fi
>}
>alias cd=ch	# make it easy to use

I suggest the cd in function ch be quoted:

	function ch {
		if "cd" ${*:-''}
		then
			resetps1
		else
			return 1
		fi
	alias cd=ch

so that a second ". $ENV" will not see 'ch' inside of function ch.

Why not use "${@:-''}" instead of ${*:-''} ?
-- 
Larry Cipriani, att!cbvox!lvc or lvc@cbvox.att.com
"Fight fire with fire, I always say" -- Bugs Bunny