Re: Alias for a dynamic variable?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

zzapper wrote:
> Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:EXCHANGE03cWo7Z0xK40000be27
> @exchange03.csr.com:
> 
> > alias -g s='$OLDPWD'
> this works such that I can
> >cd s
> but I cant do
> >cp s/somefile .

You can already use ~- to refer to the relevant directory.

If you want a parameter, you can assign it every time the directory
changes:

chpwd() { O=$OLDPWD }

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