Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!dartvax!kapil From: kapil@dartvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: arguments for a command file Message-ID: <2650@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 14:11:13 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2650 Posted: Wed Dec 19 14:11:13 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:03:06 EST Distribution: net Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.unix:3141 net.unix-wizards:11156 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I am facing a problem writing a command file. I would like this file to be run with an argument supplied. The command it executes is cd. the argument is the pathname it should default to. the command file enables the 25th line prints the new directory in reverse video, clears the screen and repositions the cursor at the top of the screen. I am attempting to pass the argument by -- cd $1 Is this the right way of doing it? I print the pwd in the command file and it prints the expected one. On using the command pwd outside the command file I find that the change in the directory has not been made. Why does it do this?