Bummer.
I tried tcsh a long time ago and found it to be very buggy.
I am resigned to using command.com.
Would it be possible to do it in C?
I already new the builtin-ness of "cd".
bob
Philip Newton wrote:
>
> Robert Davis wrote:
> > I am using win32:SetCwd and it sets the current working
> > directory for the life of the perl program.
>
> So should chdir(), which is built into Perl.
>
> > How do I make that change permanent so that once I exit the
> > directory is changed?
>
> perldoc -q "changed directory"
>
> > The real reason for asking this is that I am tired of using
> > backslashes for "cd" only.
> > I use "ls" and all of the other unix utils but I dont have a
> > replacement for "cd".
> > So I was going to write one in perl.
>
> The only way to make a replacement for cd is to replace your shell. If you
> use bash or tcsh, you should be able to use slashes.
>
> Hint: there's no CD.EXE CD.COM CD.BAT CD.CMD on your disk.
>
> Cheers,
> Philip
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