Re: built in bash commands that change directory circumvent user defined cd

[nadim khemir]

Will it also call the cd alias?

I have 4.4 compiled on my box I could test but I trust you can aswer me without me testing :)

Cheers, Nadim.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

On 11/20/16 4:24 AM, nadim khemir wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 46
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> autocd, and other, directly change the current directory, if the user
> defines an
> own 'cd' command, to handle multiple sessions for example, that command is not
> run.
>
> Repeat-By:
> set a different HISFILE in each directory via an own 'cd'
> set autocd
> name-of-directory, return
> HISFILE is not changed as custom 'cd' is not called

This was changed in bash-4.4.  Bash will call a function named `cd' if one
exists before calling the `cd' builtin in this case.


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