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From: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum)
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Subject: Re: PS1 and the bourne shell...
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Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 13:16:32 EST
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In article <1311@puff.wisc.edu>, kailhofe@puff.wisc.edu (Andrew D. Kailhofer) writes:
] 
] 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

	Oh, yeah ? Gee, that's one on me. Stupid kernel. How embarrassing :-P

] Andrew D. Kailhofer           |507 VanVleck Hall       |  This third left
] Systems Consultant            |Madison, WI 53706       |  blank for reasons

	Consultant ? I sure won't hire you.

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