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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: PS1 and PWD in david korn's shell
Message-ID: <2042@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 87 03:47:08 GMT
References: <13716@think.UUCP> <3268@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
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In article <3268@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes:
#> function chdir
#> {
#>       "cd" "${@}" && PWD=$(/bin/pwd)
#> }

#>The chdir function uses the real cd (note the "cd") and
#>then sets PWD to the value returned by /bin/pwd.  I tried it, it works
#>(on Version 06/03/86) (but is noticeably slower).

This won't work with older k shells (the syntax VARIABLE=$(command) that is).
Was there any particular reason to use (/bin/pwd) instead of `/bin/pwd`?
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