Changing Directory

[Dan "Bucko" Smith]

In article <218 at quad.uucp> dts at quad.uucp (David T. Sandberg) writes:
>In article <9730 at alice.UUCP> debra at alice.UUCP () writes:
>>In article <5068 at mtuxo.att.com> jld at mtuxo.att.com (XMRJ4-J.DALTON) writes:
>>>QUESTION: I have a very long path which is quite tedious to type in
>>>          every time I wish to visit a certain directory.

	I'm surprised no one has mentioned this scheme yet:

	As long as you have a cdpath variable and symlinks...

	Make a directory in your home, such as ~/.dirs, and put
the .dirs directory in your $cdpath.  Now, for frequently accessed
directories, make a symlink with whatever name you want to use when
you want to cd to that directory.  For instance, I have "ulb" as
a symlink to "/usr/local/bin", "ulu" for "/usr/lib/uucp", "bkups"
for "/usr/local/backups"....  Allows you to call things what you want!

				dan
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