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In article <UzhF6.5480$qc2.2151171 at typhoon.southeast.rr.com>, Steve  Holden wrote:>> >   [The Python script goes through a "serious calculation", and finds>> >    the new path "/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe".>> >>> >    When the script is finished the cwd of the underlying shell has>> >    been changed to this new path.]>> >>> > bash:/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe$>> >>> > Is something like this possible?>>>> No. The cwd is a property of a process. You can change directories>> anywhere you want in your Python script, but it won't influence the>> parent process (bash).>However, what you *could* do is:>>In the parent process, issue the command:>>PATH=$PATH:`pathcalculator.py`; export PATHI think that  cd `pathcalculator.py` is more along the lines of what the OP had in mind.  You couldwrap that in a shell function or alias to make it a bit moreuser-friendly.-- Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow!  I smell like a wet                                  at               reducing clinic on Columbus                               visi.com            Day!

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