Re: Changing directories

["Mark Verschell" <markv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 11, 11:54am, David Oxilia wrote:
> I have a basic ferret question: How do I change directories from within
> a ferret session in order to load different data sets? I understand that
> I could let ferret know where to look for data through the FER_DATA env
> variable but is there a quick 'cd' type command?

No David, there isn't. What you do is enclose the filename in double quotes.
For example, if I am in directory foo/bar/today, and I want a file in
foo/bar/yesterday I would issue the following command (or an equivalent):

yes? use "../yesterday/newfile"

You are right that if there are subdirectories that you get files from often
you should include them in your FER_DATA path.

	Mark

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