The entire point of the script is to dump me there so I can continue on doing 
stuff.

I have done some searching on the internet and found a way to make this happen.

I was running my script with the following line:

sh websites (websites being the filename)

If I run it with the following command, it leaves me there when done:

. websites (a dot before the name | websites still being the filename)

Sometimes you just have to stumble on to an answer to figure it out.

Thanks all for reading through.

Jeff

On 2011-03-17, at 12:35 PM, louie wrote:

> You will be in /webserver/documents as long as the script is running.
> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
> 
>> As said, I created the file.  I chmod 755 so it is executable.  I have added 
>> an echo line which tells me the script is executing fine.  However, when the 
>> script is over I am left in the same directory - my ~jeff directory.  Is 
>> there a reason why a script could not change to the mentioned directory?
>> 
>> Thx,
>> Jeff
>> 
>> On 2011-03-17, at 12:11 PM, louie wrote:
>> 
>>> Jeff,
>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents
>>> runs fine in terminal.
>>> Give us a bit more details.
>>> 
>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to create a unix executable file to change to a commonly used 
>>>> directory on my computer.  I can't, however, get it to run.  Can anybody 
>>>> assist?
>>>> 
>>>> I have created a file that contains:
>>>> 
>>>> ******
>>>> #/bin/bash
>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents
>>>> *****
>>>> 
>>>> I have also tried creating it without the #!/bin/bash line at the top.
>>>> 
>>>> I have done a chmod 755 on the file but, I cannot get it to run.  Are 
>>>> there any steps I am missing?
>>>> 
>>>> Thx,
>>>> Jeff
>>>> 
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