[Coco] How to permanently change NitrOS-9 directories within a script?

Wayne Campbell asa.rand at gmail.com
Sun May 12 00:38:48 EDT 2019


Been awhile, but isn't there a shell operator in the shell script that
allows you to fork another shell for the command that separates it from the
script?

Wayne


On Sat, May 11, 2019, 9:35 PM Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do OS-9 shells have an equivalent to "export"?
>
> 2019年5月9日(木) 7:51 Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>:
>
> > Changing directories with chd, cd, chx, cx at the keyboard results in a
> > permanent change. Using
> > these commands within a script, such as startup, will give you a
> temporary
> > change until the script
> > ends. I'm sure at one time I knew how to use these commands within a
> > script so that the directory
> > changes did not revert when the script finished but I can't remember how
> > nor find any discussion on
> > the subject.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do this?
> >
> > Robert
> >
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