Re: Named directories

[Seth Kurtzberg <seth@cql.com>]

Mika Seppänen wrote:

> 21.2.2005 kello 16:31, Peter Stephenson wrote:
>
>> You need to refer to "~work" at least once; the usual trick is to put
>>
>> : ~work
>>
>> in your .zshrc after defining the directory.  You can also "setopt
>> autonamedirs" to make all such parameters eligible for this
>> replacement.
>
His situation is that the directory he is talking about has two names, 
and if he refers to it as, say, ~a, the prompt shows ~b.  I've seen the 
same thing, although I've never considered it difficult to work with, as 
long as (in his case) ~work gets you where you want to go.

For example, I have the following (and sorry if I'm misinterpreting the 
question):

export UTILDIR=/a/b/c
export ud=$UTILDIR

then ~UTILDIR takes me to the correct place (since I have the setopt's 
required to do this), but the prompt shows  ~ud, not ~UTILDIR.

It would, from my perspective, be nice to say   ~ud    and have it 
displayed in the prompt as  ~UTILDIR (less typing, more meaningful prompt).

If this is not an anaologous situation, would someone please tell me 
why, and how it relates to the original question?

TIA

>
> I found that by reading manuals and using google, but It doesn't help.
>
> I get following: (PS1=%s\> and option autonamedirs unset, though 
> seting it doesn't change situation in anyway)
>
> ~>cd work
> ~/Projektit/rnd/ott/sip.imp
> ~/Projektit/rnd/ott/sip.imp>pwd
> /Users/c8z/Projektit/rnd/ott/sip.imp
> ~/Projektit/rnd/ott/sip.imp>cd foo
> ~foo
> ~foo>pwd
> /usr/local/etc
> ~foo>
>
> (zsh 4.1.1 on Mac OS X)
>
> Mika
>
>
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