From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25577 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2006 16:45:42 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 16:45:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 96680 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2006 16:45:34 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 16:45:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 27034 invoked by alias); 27 Apr 2006 16:45:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10192 Received: (qmail 27024 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2006 16:45:24 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 16:45:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 95482 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2006 16:45:24 -0000 Received: from cluster-d.mailcontrol.com (217.69.20.190) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 16:45:23 -0000 Received: from exchange03.csr.com (uuk202166.uk.customer.alter.net [62.189.241.194] (may be forged)) by rly26d.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id k3RGjLe2016024 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:45:21 +0100 Received: from csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by exchange03.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:45:20 +0100 To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Alias for a dynamic variable? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to zzapper message dated "Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:34:38 -0000." Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:45:21 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Apr 2006 16:45:20.0978 (UTC) FILETIME=[F8EF0B20:01C66A19] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-06-00-05 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.136 zzapper wrote: > Peter Stephenson wrote in news:EXCHANGE03cWo7Z0xK40000be27 > @exchange03.csr.com: > > > alias -g s='$OLDPWD' > this works such that I can > >cd s > but I cant do > >cp s/somefile . You can already use ~- to refer to the relevant directory. If you want a parameter, you can assign it every time the directory changes: chpwd() { O=$OLDPWD } -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 To access the latest news from CSR copy this link into a web browser: http://www.csr.com/email_sig.php