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* Re: [9fans] Long file names
@ 2002-11-04 14:41 Skip Tavakkolian
  2002-11-04 18:35 ` Adrian
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2002-11-04 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> I saw a post not too long ago
> about working around long file paths/names
> does anyone remember how to do it ?

You want lnfs.

> Also is there a "source" type command
> so I can reread my profile file ?

It is the '.'

term% echo 'fn foo () { echo foo }' > somefile
term% . somefile
term% foo
foo



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* RE: [9fans] Long file names
  2002-11-04 14:41 [9fans] Long file names Skip Tavakkolian
@ 2002-11-04 18:35 ` Adrian
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Adrian @ 2002-11-04 18:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu [mailto:9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu]On Behalf
Of Skip Tavakkolian
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:42 AM
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Long file names


> I saw a post not too long ago
> about working around long file paths/names
> does anyone remember how to do it ?

You want lnfs.

> Also is there a "source" type command
> so I can reread my profile file ?

It is the '.'

term% echo 'fn foo () { echo foo }' > somefile
term% . somefile
term% foo
foo



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* Re: [9fans] Long file names
@ 2002-11-04 18:14 Charles Forsyth
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Charles Forsyth @ 2002-11-04 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

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1. see lnfs(4)
2. see rc(1), particularly `.' (as a command)

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From: "athiele@charter.net"@cse.psu.edu
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Long file names
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:13:43 -0500
Message-ID: <679fae6627e8b7863188410ec5747eff@charter.net>

I saw a post not too long ago
about working around long file paths/names
does anyone remember how to do it ?
Also is there a "source" type command
so I can reread my profile file ?

Adrian

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* [9fans] Long file names
@ 2002-11-04 18:13 athiele@charter.net
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: athiele@charter.net @ 2002-11-04 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

I saw a post not too long ago
about working around long file paths/names
does anyone remember how to do it ?
Also is there a "source" type command
so I can reread my profile file ?

Adrian


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