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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:17:44 +0000
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On Tuesday 21 Nov 00, Christopher Faylor writes:
> >>[2] In cygwin-B20 and in the current version, 'pushd', 'popd'
> >>     work in a Bash shell but not in a script.
> 
> It's an ash versus bash thing.  ash (aka /bin/sh) does not support pushd
> or popd.  Bash does.

Is /bin/sh (not ksh or bash) normally expected to support pushd and
popd?  If so, and it's something ommitted from ash, I'll add this to
the FAQ under "Why doesn't my script work?".

Cheers,
David


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