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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Fast yet simple way to navigate directories Post 302631551 by IKE0000 on Friday 27th of April 2012 12:48:13 PM
Old 04-27-2012
I did my homework.
Just like alias, CDPATH does have its limitation.

Suppose you are in user home directory:
Code:
/home/scrutinizer

and you want to get access to:
Code:
/home/scrutinizer/qwyzibo/1/1.1/1.1.1/1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1.1.1

In this case, CDPATH does not help very much.

But with sc, you can simply type:
Code:
sc /home 1.1.1.1.1.1

and you can also go to any directories in between by typing:
Code:
sc /home 1.1.1.1

 

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer. SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories. OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default). -c creates home directories for local home paths only. -b creates home directories for both server and local home paths. -a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain. -n directoryDomainName creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u username creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a, -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed. -i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line. -h usage help. FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly. Mac OS X June 1, 2019 Mac OS X
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