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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:17:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Michael Schaap <cygwin AT mscha DOT org>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Bash puzzle: Spaces, environment variables and tab completion
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Michael Schaap wrote:

> On 4-12-2002 7:09, James Shaw wrote:
> (...)
> > What I want to do is define an environment
> > variable so I can easily cd or ls.  E.g.
> > % PF="/cygdrive/c/Program Files"
> > % cd $PF
> > % ls $PF/Games
> > % ls $PF/G<tab completion!>
> >
> (...)
> >
> > So, I ask the list:
> >         Can you define $PF so that cd $PF;
> >         ls $PF/Games; and ls $PF/G<tab> all work???
>
> I'd do something like:
>
> % ln -s '/cygdrive/c/Program Files' /programs
> % PF=/programs
>
>   - Michael

$ mount 'c:\Program Files' /programs

	Igor
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