https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632230#M921394 pitty you cannot reward yourself some points ;-) Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:20:00 GMT Thierry Poels_1 2001-12-18T12:20:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632228#M921392 <BR />Why is there a "/usr/bin/cd" ?<BR />All it does is exec cd, evidently from within the shell. So if one were to enter "/usr/bin/cd", they would change directory, but then lose their shell since it's exec'd... This just plain boggles me.<BR /><BR />Any ideas? Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:55:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632228#M921392 Michael Acosta_1 2001-12-18T10:55:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632229#M921393 <BR />Geez, what a doofus - I violated the First Unoffical Rule of Unix. The second is "Check the FURU"...<BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x03eaf715edc6d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html" target="_blank">http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x03eaf715edc6d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html</A><BR /> Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:12:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632229#M921393 Michael Acosta_1 2001-12-18T11:12:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632230#M921394 pitty you cannot reward yourself some points ;-) Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:20:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/why-external-cd/m-p/2632230#M921394 Thierry Poels_1 2001-12-18T12:20:00Z