Topic: WGMG: People who change directory even when not building or symlinking.
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago#40,933
People who change directory even when not building a project or symlinking a file are annoying, aren't they? Some people even change directory just to list the contents of that directory!
If I hop onto a server, I often try my luck with a ctrl-r <filename> to avoid typing or remembering the full path, and find that some chump has changed directory before opening the same file.
Similarly, when receiving instructions on something server related, you will receive an instruction to "go to the <whatever> directory". This is so tiresome in that you are expected to execute a counterproductive command before finding out what operation needs to be executed. Unfortunately this is usually the most efficient thing to do.
Trying to encourage people to change their ways is usually fruitless, if you have ever explained when receiving an instruction that you "don't tend to change directories", their response rarely hints at sincerity.
Please people, from now on can we only change directory when building a project/RPM, creating a symlink, using curl -O/wget, or perhaps when extracting an archive but you can't remember the flags to set the target directory.
All other usages are inefficient and get in the way of history interaction.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#544,347
But some files need specific names to be recognized. Thanks.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 29 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^][v]#544,349
Nerds.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#544,351
> Please people, from now on can we only change directory when building a project/RPM, creating a symlink, using curl -O/wget, or perhaps when extracting an archive but you can't remember the flags to set the target directory.
@544,347 (B)
If you have another valid usage please describe it. Similarly if you disagree with one of these usages, please describe how to avoid it.
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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#544,352
I'll change directories when I have to do multiple operations on that directory, or if I am doing "exploring" and not sure where the file I want is. My boss will however do something like this:
cd /
ls
cd etc
ls #oops this output is massive
cd tomcat7
ls #oops i didnt want to be here
cd /
ls
cd var
ls
cd lib
cd tomcat7
ls
I feel your pain.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#544,355