Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:17:01 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, <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 Message-ID: <20020717121521.R3327-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200207162201.g6GM1WU8092392@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On 16 Jul 2002 23:32:57 +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> said: > > > 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? > > Don't blame it on Austin -- this requirement comes direct from > 1003.2-1992. [...] I guess the cd command could be used to check whether a useful cd would work (modulo races). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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