on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 05:26:36PM -0700, bob parker (bobparker38@yahoo.com) wrote: > Hi all, > being a lazy typist i have writen a little script that > goes like this: > > #! /bin/bash > # go-xxx where xxx is the last dir in along chain > > cd /some long dir chain/xxx > > > My question is, how can i make the change persist > after the script is done Write a function instead, and understand the difference between a script and a function, an the impact on a process's environment. Hint: parents don't inherit from children. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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