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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
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:	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.