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Date:      Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:40:07 +0200
From:      Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Shell builtin command changed?
Message-ID:  <20020906224007.A51673@sumuk.de>
In-Reply-To: <200209061843.g86IhnHR066470@lurza.secnetix.de>; from olli@secnetix.de on Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:43:49PM %2B0200
References:  <20020906183733.A51312@sumuk.de> <200209061843.g86IhnHR066470@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:43:49PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> wrote:
>  > I used command inside a shell function in the following way:
>  > 
>  > | cd () {
>  > |   command cd $* && PS1="`pwd`# "
>  > | }
>  > 
>  > Is this usage of command no longer supported or is it a bug in sh?
> 
> I don't know about that bug ("command" works for me, but
> my 4-stable is a few weeks older), but I'd suggest the

RTFM and reading the Release Notes reveals that this is a feature,
stupid me ...

> following definition of the shell function instead:
> 
> cd(){ chdir "$@" && PS1="`pwd`# ";}

I wasn't aware of chdir, this makes things easier, thanks.
(RTFM would have revealed this too :-()

-- 
Marxpitn

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