X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_YG,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL,URI_BLOGSPOT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:44:45 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: cdargs usage From: Robert Mark To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Hi All, > Well, I worked out this much thanks to man cdargs: > > I can construct my own functions to "mark" a cdargs directory and then > "cdb" into it. > > function cdb() { > =A0 cdargs "$1" && cd "`cat "$HOME/.cdargsresult"`" ; > } > > function mark() { > =A0 cdargs --add=3D:$1:` cygpath -u -a .` > } > > cd /blah/blah > mark blah > cdb blah For more detail, I wrote up my experiences here: http://robertmarkbramprogrammer.blogspot.com/2010/09/using-cdargs-in-cygwin= .html Rob :) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple