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DOS actually has "chdir" as another name for "cd". And of course, the POSIX interface for changing and querying the working directory are wonderfully consisten
by Joker_vD 6y ago
DOS actually has "chdir" as another name for "cd".
And of course, the POSIX interface for changing and querying the working directory are wonderfully consistently named chdir and getwd (or getcwd, where "c" stands for something).
- jle17 6y agoAnncient Unix also had chdir as the command name for cd. If I'm not mistaken it was changed to cd for v7 with the Bourne shell replacing the previous shell.
- forgotpwd16 6y agoWouldn't `setwd` (used by R alongside `getwd`) be a more consistent name?