From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-04-30T07:57:27+09:00
Subject: Re: can a ruby script perform a chdir on win xp?

Oops. it seems:

man cd

DESCRIPTION
      Shell builtin commands are commands that can be executed within  
the run-
      ning shell's process.



On Apr 29, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Elliot Temple wrote:

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> On Apr 29, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, no program running in any language can change the
>> directory in the shell it's running in, after the program has  
>> finished
>> ... assuming that the program is invoked as a process that is  
>> separate
>> from that of the shell (which is how ruby is invoked).
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>> This is a function of how the operating system is designed.  It's  
>> true
>> for windows-based systems as well as unix-like systems.
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> I probably just don't understand what you meant, but what about the  
> "cd" program? Is that somehow not separate from the shell?
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> -- Elliot Temple
> http://www.curi.us/blog/
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-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/