Re: How Do You Change a Directory Name Without 'mv'?

From: grenoble (gregnoble_at_j9n35c.inval)
Date: 11/28/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:35:22 -0800

"Jack Strangio" <check@approved.hdr> wrote in message
news:IqJosH.7Mn@ozemail.com.au

> So I could move to / with 'cd', but had no 'ls'. I overcame that
> problem with ' echo * ', hence I could see that my /bin had been
> changed to /binz. Now all I had to do was find a way of using my
> 'bash' commands to do the job of changing it back. I'm sure I
> saw a method for this many years ago, but I couldn't remember it.
>
> (So I rebooted with Knoppix and fixed it in a jiffy.)
>
> Anyhow, a quick puzzle for the shell gurus: How can you change a
> directory name using nothing but the 'bash' built-ins?

/binz/mv /binz /bin

>
> Jack

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