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Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime.
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David Levine |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime. |
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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:40:01 -0500 |
Jon wrote:
> Ralph Corderoy writes:
> > When implementing this, was there a reason whatnow doesn't implement
> > `cd' with chdir, as normal Unix commands that offer cd do, and instead
> > "fake" it for `pwd', `ls', and `attach', but not `mime', etc?
>
> Well, the most honest answer that I can give is that I did this so long ago
> that I just don't remember.
I wonder if it was a reluctance to add another chdir. I would be.
Without some careful investigation into all of the other chdir's,
I wouldn't be surprised if they could stomp on each other.
> We're in year 17 of this addition to nmh
Wow.
David
- [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/17
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., David Levine, 2017/01/17
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Jon Steinhart, 2017/01/17
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Jon Steinhart, 2017/01/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Jon Steinhart, 2017/01/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Paul Fox, 2017/01/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime.,
David Levine <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] whatnow(1)'s cd Doesn't Affect it's mime., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/01/18