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diff --git a/pkg/language/doc/chdir.hlp b/pkg/language/doc/chdir.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..112f135d --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/language/doc/chdir.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.help chdir,cd Feb86 language +.ih +NAME +chdir, cd -- change the current working directory +.ih +USAGE +chdir [newdir] or cd [newdir] +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls newdir +The new working directory. +The special name "." refers to the current directory; ".." refers to the next +higher directory. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +\fIChdir\fR is used to change the current working directory. +When called without any arguments, \fIchdir\fR sets the default directory +to "home$", the users home directory. +The new directory can be specified as an IRAF logical name, +as a sub-directory of the current directory, +as a path from either a logical directory or the current directory, +or as an operating system dependent name. + +The names \fIchdir\fR and \fIcd\fR are synonyms. Note that the command +\fIback\fR may be called after a \fIchdir\fR to return to the previous +directory without typing its name. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. Return to our home directory. + + cl> cd + +2. Go to the package logical directory "pkg$". + + cl> chdir pkg + +3. Go down one level to the directory "dataio", a subdirectory of "pkg". + + cl> cd dataio + +4. From "dataio", go back up to "pkg" and down into "images". + + cl> cd ../images + +5. Go to the "tv" directory, a subdirectory of "images", regardless of the +current directory + + cl> cd pkg$images/tv + +6. On a VMS system, define a new logical directory on a different disk device +and go there. Note that the character $ is not permitted in host file or +directory names. + +.nf + cl> set dd = scr1:[data] + cl> cd dd +.fi +.ih +SEE ALSO +back, pathnames +.endhelp |