Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Yea, but can an Amiga Shell do this.... Message-ID: <8808180107.AA05574@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 18 Aug 88 01:07:46 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 21 : Yes, it would be ever so convenient if Matt's Shell used . and .. to :refer to the current and parent directories, respectively (.. currently only :works with cd). Then I could type 'mv ../dir1/file1 ../dir1/file2 .' instead :of 'cd ../dir1; mv file1 file2 longpathname/dir2; cd ../dir2'. And while we're Actually, the standard AMIGA way of doing 'parent directory' is a single slash, which I find much easier than having to type '..' all the time: mv /dir1/file1 /dir1/file2 $_cwd Un fortunetly, there is a bug in my shell (fixed soon) when you give a relative path for the destination directory that begins with a '/'. >at it, how about history substitution anywhere, instead of just at the first :word. Oh, and ! for history number in $_prompt. In other words, just port :csh, minus all the process control stuff :-) : This is not to be taken as Matt or Steve bashing--just suggestions for Unfortunetly, the real CSH is copyrighted. If I were to port the source it my be a breach of contract with the university.