How to create short form for directories?

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Hi Friends,

 Can you please tell me how to create short form for directories?

like,

this is a directory: /usr/tmp/progs/scripts
when i give cd $short_name, it should take to the above path.

in which env setting do i have to set?

Thanks,
Rashmy.

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short_name=/usr/tmp/progs/scripts
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for bash at least:

CDPATH=./:<PATH TO BASEDIR>

should work - i.e. will let you cd to dir's within BASEDIR

or if that's not quite what you mean, use ln to make a link....

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Use the link command ... it's easier.

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are these commands scope is upto session?

i want that short_variable to be exist for any session..

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Hi,

I believe that the ln command would help solve your problem.

you could try using the following command:

ln -s /usr/tmp/progs/scripts <any name>

eg: ln -s /usr/tmp/progs/scripts ~/scrilink

so you can do : cd ~/scrilink

This is my first post in this forum. hope you find it useful.

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but the ln is used to create a link for files r8?

i want to do it for directory.

if i give cd $tmp
means

it should take me to the diectory defined in the tmp variable.

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If your scope is all sessions started by your user your users profile or environment file is the best place to define a variable.
For example if you use ksh those files would be .profile in your homedirectory or the file pointed to by the ENV variable.
There you could write

export short_name=/usr/tmp/progs/scripts

In case your scope is sessions of any user there are some global profiles - but I'd be careful when meddling with them.

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yah i got it frnd... its working... tnk very much..

i have asked one more help.. please help me with that.its all about shell script.