Re: back-forward functionality in 'cd'

[Arjun Shankar]

Eric:
> Coreutils does not provide cd, so this is the wrong list to ask.  cd is
> usually provided as a shell builtin.

Yeah, I noticed that just half minute after hitting 'Send'. Actually,
I had mailed this list before, about 'ls', so it stuck in my head.

> You nailed it - cd is specified by POSIX, and changing it as you proposed
> would be a POSIX incompatibility, so I doubt you will be able to get bash,
> ksh, zsh, or any other shell to change their implementation of cd.

I guess I shouldn't bother mailing the right list now :). Thanks anyways.

Arjun Shankar.