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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bug (or feature) in 1.3 cd command
Message-ID: <6670@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 89 21:32:44 GMT
References: <97@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <97@snll-arpagw.UUCP> paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes:
>Try the following.  Create a directory called "dir".  Then try to cd into
>it by typing "cd dir".  It will not work.  It comes back with "Bad Args:
>Keyword needs an argument".  The reason is because cd accepts the 
>undocumented keyword "DIR".  So in order to do the above you have to
>type "cd dir=dir".
>
>Any comment on this from the people at CATS?


CD accepts the documented keyword DIR, actually.
(either look in your AmigaDOS manual, or type 
cd ?

to see the keywords)

The usual way to get around a conflict between a keyword and a filename
(or a directory name) is to use quotes, like this:

cd "dir"

However, specifying the directory by keyword (as you've done) will also
work.  You can even (under 1.3) make this the default, ie

alias cd cd dir=[]

will essentually 'unkeyword' the dir keyword for you.
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