Subject: misc/4307: root .cshrc has broken aliases
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Charlie Root <root@realms.isdn.uiuc.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/20/1997 16:41:31
>Number: 4307
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: The aliases for cd and back are broken for some directories
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 20 14:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Eric Haszlakiewicz
>Organization:
>Release: NetBSD-current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD realms.isdn.uiuc.edu 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (REALMS) #3: Sun Oct 19 22:23:47 CDT 1997 root@realms.isdn.uiuc.edu:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/REALMS i386
>Description:
The cd and back aliases fail when used with directories that
have spaces in them.
>How-To-Repeat:
mkdir "a a"
cd "a a"
cd ..
back
/tmp/a: No such file or directory.
>Fix:
*** dot.cshrc.old Mon Oct 20 16:35:29 1997
--- dot.cshrc Mon Oct 20 16:35:58 1997
***************
*** 14,21 ****
alias x exit
alias z suspend
! alias back 'set back=$old; set old=$cwd; cd $back; unset back; dirs'
! alias cd 'set old=$cwd; chdir \!*'
alias pd pushd
alias pd2 pushd +2
alias pd3 pushd +3
--- 14,21 ----
alias x exit
alias z suspend
! alias back 'set back="$old"; set old="$cwd"; cd "$back"; unset back; dirs'
! alias cd 'set old="$cwd"; chdir \!*'
alias pd pushd
alias pd2 pushd +2
alias pd3 pushd +3
>Audit-Trail:
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