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From: allyn@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Allyn Fratkin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: symbolic links are a botch
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Date: Sun, 28-Jun-87 01:50:49 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 28 01:50:49 1987
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In article <3855@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>, matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes:
> 	alias up cd \$cwd:h

i use an alias almost like this, but mine looks like:

  alias ..		'cd /$cwd:h'

the leading / before the $ is important.  with your alias, typing 
"up" from a directory like /etc will move you to your home directory, 
not to / as would be expected.

unfortunately, this doesn't help programs trying to open files with ..
in the path.
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