On 09/11/2013 05:01 PM, Joe Zeff issued this missive:
We all know, I hope, that cd is a built-in function of whatever shell you're using. [joe@khorlia ~]$ cat /usr/bin/cd #!/bin/sh builtin cd "$@" [joe@khorlia ~]$ Does anybody know why this file exists?
I believe it's a backwards-compatibility thing. IIRC, System7's Bourne shell didn't have a built-in "cd" command (or several others). Some scripts probably still look for that file (and the others). It's been superfluous for a long time, but time has proven that when you take away something like that, eventually something breaks or someone gripes about it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - To err is human. To forgive, a large sum of money is needed. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
