Re: Switching Directories Internally

[Paul Jarc]

SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net> wrote:
> When switching a directory within a script, is it possible to change
> the default directory where the script was executed to arrive at
> another directory when the script ends, without using the period or
> source before the executing script at the command-line?

No.  Without "." or "source", the script runs as a separate process.
That process has no way of changing the original shell process's
current directory.


paul