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From: obrien@SEA.legent.com (David O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Unix/FreeBSD versions of DOS utilities
Date: 10 May 1995 00:45:57 GMT
Organization: The Legent Corporation
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Kevet Duncombe (dunc@netcom.com) wrote:
: Da_worm@cris.com (DAWORM) wrote:
: On 7 May 1995 23:43:17 GMT, you wrote:
:
: >NCD - This program, when first ran, creates a database of sorts of all of
: >the directories on the drive. Then, by typing "ncd dirname" it change
: >the directory to the first/closest match to dirname it finds. So if I
: >were in "/usr/bin" I could type "ncd etc" and be in "/etc" without having
: >to type "cd ../../etc". (You can see where this would be usefule from
: >deep in the X11 hiearchy.)
I haven't had a chance to see if this compiles under FreeBSD yet, but you
may want to try:
Title: Ninux Change Directory
Version: 0.9.8
Entered-date: May 6 1995
Description: Lets you browse and select a directory to change to.
Keywords: directory, tree, change, browse, norton
Author: borja@bips.bi.ehu.es
Maintained-by: borja@bips.bi.ehu.es
Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/shell
54kB ncd-0.9.8.tgz
494 ncd-0.9.8.lsm
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platform:
Copying-policy: GPL
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-- David O'Brien (obrien@Sea.Legent.com)