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From: gheim@eng.auburn.edu (Greg Heim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Changing directories in the background
Keywords: cd background
Message-ID: <gheim.910430005242@lab14.eng.auburn.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 91 05:52:42 GMT
Sender: Greg Heim
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Howdy,

I just tried the following:

   cd /new/dir &

by accident and my directory didn't change.  Can anybody tell me what happens
internally here?


Thanks in advance,

Greg


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|  Name: Greg Heim                                                         |
|  Address: gheim@eng.auburn.edu                                           | 
|  Description: Student, Applied Mathematics, Gasp!                        |
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