[comp.unix.questions] \"cd path\" strangeness summary

rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) (07/02/88)

? From: "Bruce G. Barnett" <barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>

? Try:
? 	alias @         'set \!:1=$cwd'

No, *don't* try it. `@' has a defined meaning. Pick another alias.

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barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) (07/05/88)

In article <16368@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes:
|? Try:
|? 	alias @         'set \!:1=$cwd'
|No, *don't* try it. `@' has a defined meaning. Pick another alias.

Personal preference. I don't use '@' in interactive shells.
And I want to remember where I was 'at'.
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