From owner-cvs-all Tue Jul 16 14:33: 3 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA68937B400; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5B943E5E; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:33:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 468FB534A; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:32:57 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Garrett Wollman Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.bin/cd Makefile cd.sh src/usr.bin/command Makefile command.sh References: <200207162113.g6GLDBBE081559@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 16 Jul 2002 23:32:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200207162113.g6GLDBBE081559@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Garrett Wollman writes: > Log: > POSIX requires these shell builtins to also exist as totally pointless > external commands. Since they serve no useful purpose, it's OK that their > implementation is not the most efficient possible. Huh? The "cd" command can not possibly work as an external command, it *has* to be a shell builtin since it's supposed to modify the shell's wd, and no process can change another process' wd. What have the Austin group been smoking? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message