Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!homxb!genesis!hotlg!anumb!eao From: eao@anumb.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: PS1 and the bourne shell... Message-ID: <137@anumb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 07:16:10 EST Article-I.D.: anumb.137 Posted: Wed Nov 25 07:16:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 02:02:46 EST References: <279@caus-dp.UUCP> <1311@puff.wisc.edu> Reply-To: eao@anumb.UUCP (e.a.olson) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Andover MA Lines: 16 Xref: utgpu comp.unix.questions:4541 comp.unix.wizards:5226 > >It doesn't work because the cd is one the few things that are really don in >the kernel (you won't find /bin/cd anywhere), and the kernel doesn't ^^^^^^ >like to alias the things that it does. What it thins you are doing is >trying to cd to somewhere, but when it starts to get the somewhere, it finds >an unknown and unlookedfor '(', and barfs >------ no - cd is done in the shell itself. Not the kernel. Well, of course, everything interesting is done in the kernel; but I think that in the sense you use it , shell is more appropriate. eric olson ihnp4!mvuxq!eao