changing dir inside shell

[Ian Kluft]

bianco at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> I have the following in a file called 'mover':
>  cp *.me /usr/tmp
>  cd /usr/tmp 
> Upon entering 'sh mover' the files are copied, and the directory is
> changed, however the shell is then exited and the current directory
> is changed back to my home directory. How can I cause the shell to exit
> in the directory I changed to ? 

That depends on which version of the Bourne Shell (assumed from the "sh"
in your example) you're using.  If you're on System V Release 2 or later
(or using the Korn Shell), you're in luck.

The solution comes down to one thing: you must do the 'cd' in your
interactive shell.  You can have it do it for you using shell functions.
Put the following example in your .profile:

mover()
{
	cp *.me /usr/tmp
	cd /usr/tmp
}

If you don't have shell functions, there's still a solution but it's not
quite as nice.  You can type ". mover" instead of "sh mover" to force it
to do the script in your interactive shell.

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