can't cd within a script

DavidPhillips · 11-04-2003, 02:32 AM

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THE real answer

It should work as expected.

The cd command should result in the pwd command showing the path that cd went to. Yes when the script exits you will be where you were, but I did not think that we were making a script to cd somewhere are we?

Libu · 11-04-2003, 03:38 AM

Iam not on a linux machine at the moment, so iam not sure of the
commands, iam asking u to try.

$/> which cd
This shows u whihc "cd" is being used.

$/> whereis cd
This wud show u what all other "cd's" are there. ( I know u have already tried this, just making sure with the command)
Try with all the other "cds" other than the one shown by which cd.

Even if it stil doesnt work, maybe try execting the script in the
current shell itself,

. ./<script_name>

macie · 11-04-2003, 06:49 AM

... why didn't i think of this earlier.. i tried ksh and problem solved. I still don't understand why it didn't work in the default shell, but i'm satisfied as long as it works. thx alot for all the help..

Macie.

dkloes · 11-04-2003, 06:58 AM

This was an obvious solution. If we had known from the beginning that bash was not the problem to be solved, we could have saved a lot of time. I guess I misunderstood what you were trying to accomplish. Makes you wonder what other problems you may run into with bash, but if you are happy ...

/bin/bash · 11-04-2003, 05:00 PM

Even if you don't upgrade bash the very least you should do is reinstall the original package:
rpm -ivh --force <bash.rpm>

macie · 11-05-2003, 06:22 AM

hehe... yes, i'm satisfied for now, but i wanna get down to the problem's source cuz i got the feeling i'll run in to it again.... i think for now thou, it has consumed more of my time than i wanted it to, so I'll leave it alone. ... but once i fugure out wth it was, i'll post it somewhere around here..

peace, and thx for all your help..

macie