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From: torsten@pcsbst.UUCP (Torsten Homeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: changing dir inside shell
Message-ID: <303@pcsbst.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 88 08:38:29 GMT
References: <47800013@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu<
Reply-To: sws4!torsten@pcsbst.UUCP (torsten)
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In article <47800013@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu< bianco@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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<I have the following in a file called 'mover':
< cp *.me /usr/tmp
< cd /usr/tmp 
<Upon entering 'sh mover' the files are copied, and the directory is
<changed, however the shell is then exited and the current directory
<is changed back to my home directory. How can I cause the shell to exit
<in the directory I changed to ? 

	Try the shells dot-command:

	$ . mover

	Then all commands in your script will be interpreted by your current
	shell, without forking another shell to interpret your commnd file.

		Torsten.