On Monday 08 of September 2003 16:12, ne... wrote:
> On Sep 8, 2003 at 15:53, Ladislav Strojil in a maddening rage wrote:
> >On Monday 08 of September 2003 13:52, ne... wrote:
> >> In Linux for <command> to act on files in <dir> you would
> >> have to do:
> >>
> >> 	cd <dir> && <command>
> >
> >Why? With "cd <dir> ; <command>" both cd and <command> are run within the
> > same shell so the "cd" _does_ change the working directory for command.
>
> I have deleted files I didn't want to when I thought this was the
> case. If the cd <dir> fails, do you really want to execute <command>?

Oh, I see. So slightly more explicit wording would be:
> In Linux for <command> TO ACT ONLY ON FILES THAT IN  <dir> you would
> have to do:
> cd <dir> && <command>

But I get your point. :-) You're right.

> BTW, I am subscribed to kde-devel.
Well, Reply-To header contains your address so don't be surprised when people 
send you copies.

Cheers,
Láïa

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