X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: RE: Directory Aliasing Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:45:27 +0200 Message-ID: <7FE216529E1FE248A760B58F6B82A81002094E9B@EMMA.personal.adp.ltu.se> In-Reply-To: <11596212.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <11596212.post@talk.nabble.com> From: "Bengt-Arne Fjellner" To: "LittleTim" , Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l6EIjckn022300 -- tel 0920 49 1894 Bengt-Arne Fjellner > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of LittleTim > Sent: den 14 juli 2007 20:34 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Directory Aliasing > > > Hello Everybody: > > I don't have a lot of experience using Cygwin: > > Problem: I do a lot of work in a directory with a long path > name: C:\very > long path name\My Work > > Question: Instead of having to type cd C:\very long path > name\My Work > everytime I want to switch to this directory, is there any way to do > aliasing? For example, no matter where I am in the file > system, typing cd ~ > will take me to my home directory. I've tried to create a > symbolic link. > Of course the symbolic link is only valid in the directory where the > symbolic link exists, and not from anywhere in the file system. > > tim > -- alias golong='cd "/cygdrive/c/very long path name/My Work"' In your ~/.bashrc should fix it -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/