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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>, zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: On setting OLDPWD
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:50:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <140110155033.ZM21189@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8738kvejhg.fsf@gmail.com>

On Jan 10,  8:15pm, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
}
} Is there any way to change where "cd -" would go to, without actually
} cd'ing there?

No, there isn't.  "cd -" uses a directory name stored in an internal
data field.  The value of $OLDPWD is reset to the same string as that
internal field upon each change of directory, but is not tied to it
in any other way; only the "cd" command (and its relatives) alter it.


      reply	other threads:[~2014-01-10 23:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-10 19:15 Christian Neukirchen
2014-01-10 23:50 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]

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