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Re: Switching Directories Internally
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Switching Directories Internally |
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:52:19 -0500 |
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SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net> wrote:
> When switching a directory within a script, is it possible to change
> the default directory where the script was executed to arrive at
> another directory when the script ends, without using the period or
> source before the executing script at the command-line?
No. Without "." or "source", the script runs as a separate process.
That process has no way of changing the original shell process's
current directory.
paul