cd

Syntax

cd directory

Description

Changes the current directory. This is the equivalent of the cd command in the interactive shells.

After changing to the directory directory, the define alias _CWD will be set to this directory.

Subsequent commands that rely on relative paths will use this directory as the starting point.

Examples of affected commands are spool, run, savehistory, host, and edit.

Example

Command> host pwd;
/tmp/dir1
Command> cd /tmp/dir2;
Command> host pwd;
/tmp/dir2