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=pod

=head1 NAME

wcd - Wherever Change Directory

chdir for DOS and Unix

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    wcd [options] [directory pattern to change to]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

=head2 Overview

Wcd is a command-line program to change directory fast. It saves time typing at the
keyboard. One needs to type only a part of a directory name and wcd will
jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case of multiple matches and
allows aliasing and banning of directories. Wcd also includes a full screen
interactive directory tree browser with speed search.

Wcd was modeled after Norton Change Directory (NCD). NCD appeared first in
I<The Norton Utilities, Release 4>, for DOS in 1987, published by Peter Norton.

Wcd has been ported to different command-line shells: DOS command.com,
Windows cmd.exe and PowerShell, OS/2 cmd.exe, and Unix shells such as Bourne
(sh), Bourne Again (bash), Korn (ksh), Z (zsh), and C (csh) shell and others
running on any operating system.

Wcd supports 8 bit character sets on all systems, and has optional
support for Unicode. See section LOCALIZATION.

See section INSTALLATION how to setup wcd for personal use.

=head2 Basic use

By default (if no wildcards are used) wcd searches for a directory with a
name that begins with the typed name.

For instance this command will change to directory to the current user's
C</home/user/Desktop>:

    wcd Desk

When there are multiple matches, wcd will present the user a list of all
matches. The user can then make a selection with a few keystrokes (most of
the times only one).

=head2 Wildcards

Wcd supports following wildcards:

    *       matches any sequence of characters (zero or more)
    ?       matches any character
    [SET]   matches any character in the specified set,
    [!SET]  or [^SET] matches any character not in the specified set.

A set is composed of characters or ranges; a range looks like
I<character hyphen character> as in C<0-9> or C<A-Z>. The
C<[0-9a-zA-Z_]> is the minimal set of characters allowed in the
C<[..]> pattern construct. International characters (i.e. 8 bit characters) are
allowed if the system supports them. To suppress the special syntactic
significance of any of C<[]*?!^-\> inside or outside a C<[..]> construct and
match the character exactly, precede the character with a backslash (C<\>)
marker.

Using wildcards makes powerful searching possible. For instance this
matched any directory name that ends with "top".

    wcd *top

Match any directory that has contain "top" anywhere:

    wcd *top*

Match any directory name that begins with "a", "b" or "c":

    wcd [a-c]*

It is also possible to give a part of a directory path. Here Wcd searches
for directory that begins with "Desk" and which path matches I<*me/Desk*>,

    wcd me/Desk

It is allowed to type any kind of expression with slashes and wildcards.
E.g.:


    wcd src*/*1?/a*2

=head2 Other uses

If no wildcards are used and wcd finds a perfect match, wcd will ignore all
wild matches by default. This behaviour can be changed with the B<-w> option.

The interactive directory tree browser can be started by using option B<-g>.

    wcd -g

Wcd generates a treedata file were it searches the directory. On Unix
systems wcd does add links to the treedata files while scanning the disk,
but does not follow them. While following links wcd could end up scanning
infinite loops, or scan very large portions of a network.

Wcd can also change to directories that are not in the treedata file. E.g.:

    wcd ..

If wcd found a match but can't change to the directory it tries to remove
it from the default treedata file. Not from the extra treedata file. See
also option B<-k>.

Wcd keeps a directory stack which is stored on disk. The stack has a
default size of 10 and is cyclic. See options B<-z>, B<->, B<+> and
B<=>.

In multi-user environments option B<-u> can be used to change to
directories of other users.


On DOS and Windows systems it does not matter if you use a slash "/" or a
backslash "\" as a directory-separator.

It is possible on DOS and Windows systems to change drive and directory in
one go by preceding the directory name with the drive name.

    wcd d:games



=head2 Windows UNC paths

The Windows versions (console, PowerShell, MSYS, zsh, cygwin) support
Windows SMB LAN UNC paths without drive letter such as
C<\\servername\sharename>. Wcd for Windows console makes use of the "pushd"
command to automatically map a UNC path to a drive letter. In Windows
PowerShell, MSYS, zsh and Cygwin UNC paths are fully supported. The
current working directory can be a UNC path.


=head2 Interfaces

Wcd has three different interfaces to choose from a list of matches. The
interface can be chosen at compile time.

The first interface uses plain stdin/stdout. A numbered list is printed in
the terminal. The user has to choose from the list by typing a number
followed by <Enter>. This interface does not provide scroll back
functionality in case of a long list. The scroll back capability of the
terminal/console has to be used. It is very small and portable.

The second interface is built with the conio library. It provides a builtin
scroll back capability. The user is presented a list numbered with letters.
Choosing from a list can be done by pressing just one letter. This
interface is fast because it saves keystrokes. If possible the screen
will be restored after exiting. One who prefers to type numbers can use the
B<-N> option.

The third interface is built with the curses library. It is similar to the
conio interface. The curses version of wcd has also an additional 'graphical'
interface. It lets the user select a directory via a full screen
interactive directory tree browser. It has a vim(1) like navigation and search
method. It can be activated with option B<-g>.

By using the B<-o> option one can always fall back to the stdin/stdout
interface.

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 4

=item B<-A PATH>

Scan directory tree from PATH and append to the default treedata
file. Examples:

    wcd -A .
    wcd -A /home -A /etc
    wcd -A d: -A e: -A \\server\share

On Windows one can scan all shared directories of a Windows LAN server by
typing something like: C<wcd -A \\servername>.


See also option B<-S> and B<-s> and B<-E>.

=item B<-a>

Add current path to default treedata file.

Use this option to quickly add the current path to the default treedata
file. Re-scanning the complete disk can take a long time in some cases.

=item B<-aa>

Add current and all parent paths to default treedata.

=item B<-b>

Ban current path.

Wcd places the current path in the ban file. This means that wcd ignores
all matches of this directory and its sub directories.

The ban file can be edited with a text editor. Use of wildcards are
supported and it is matched against absolute path.

Banned paths are not excluded from scanning the disk. To do that use option
B<-xf>.

=item B<-c>

Direct CD mode. By default wcd works as follows:

    1. Try to find a match in the treedata file(s)
    2. If no match, try to open the directory you typed.

In direct CD mode wcd works in reversed order.

    1. Try to open the directory you typed.
    2. If not, try to find a match in the treedata file(s).


=item B<-d DRIVE>

Set drive for stack and go file (DOS only).

The stack file and the go-script are by default stored on drive C: if
environment variable I<HOME> is not set. Use this option if drive C: is a
read-only drive. This option must be used in front of the stack options B<->,
B<+> and B<=>.

=item B<-E DIR>

Scan directory tree from DIR and append to Extra treedata file. See
also options B<-A> and B<-S>.

=item B<-e>

Add current path to extra treedata file.

Use this option to quickly add the current path to the extra treedata file.

=item B<-ee>

Add current and all parent paths to extra treedata file.

=item B<-f FILE>

Read treedata FILE. Do not read the default treedata file.

=item B<+f FILE>

Read treedata FILE in addition to the default treedata file.

=item B<-G DIR>

Set directory path of go-script equal to DIR.

=item B<-GN>

Do not create go-script. This option can be used in combination with the
option B<-j> if one does not want wcd to create a go-script.

=item B<-g>

Graphical interface (only in version with curses interface).

Wcd starts a textual curses based 'graphical' interface. The user can
select a directory via a full-screen interactive directory tree browser. It has
a vim(1) like navigation and search method.

If no search string is given wcd presents the whole tree which is in the
default treedata file and the extra treedata files.

If a search string is given the match list is presented as a directory
tree.

=item B<-ga>

Graphical interface with alternative way of navigating. With this option
one can't jump to unrelated directories.

=item B<-gc>

Graphical interface with centered view. The selected directory stays in
the middle of the screen. The centered mode can be switched on and off
with key 't'.

=item B<-gd>

Dump the treedata files as a tree to stdout.

=item B<-h, --help>

Print help and exit.

=item B<-i>

Ignore case.
Dos and Windows versions of wcd ignore case default. Unix/Cygwin
versions regard case by default.

=item  B<+i>

Regard case.  See also option B<-i>.

=item B<-j>

Just go mode.

In this mode wcd will not present a list when there is more than one
directory that matches the given directory. Wcd will just change to the
first option. When wcd is invoked again with the same arguments it will
change to the next option, and so on.

Wcd will print the directory to go to to stdout. So a different
installation method can be used. One could make the following function for
a POSIX compatible shell:

    wcd ()
    {
        cd "$($HOME/bin/wcd.exe -j $@)"
    }

When you are using an old shell that doesn't support "$()" command substitution
you have to use old style command substitution with backquotes.

    wcd ()
    {
        cd "`$HOME/bin/wcd.exe -j $@`"
    }


On Windows systems, if one is running 4NT shell, one could make the
following alias:

    alias wcd `cd %@execstr[wcdwin32.exe -z 0 -j %1]`


This method eliminates the need of the go-script, so one can use option B<-GN>
in combination with B<-j>.

=item B<-K>

Use colors in graphical mode.

=item B<-k>

Keep paths.

Keep paths in treedata when wcd can't change to them. The default
behaviour of wcd is that it tries to remove paths from the treedata when
wcd can't change to them. With this option this behaviour is turned off.

=item  B<-l ALIAS>

Name the current path with ALIAS. Wcd places the current path with alias
ALIAS in the alias file. Aliases are case sensitive.

=item B<-M DIR>

Make directory and add to extra treedata file.

=item B<-m DIR>

Make directory and add to treedata file.

=item B<-N>

Use numbers instead of letters.

Wcd with a conio or curses based interface (see section INTERFACE) presents
a match list default numbered with letters. When the B<-N> option is used
the match list is numbered with numbers. Regardless of the B<-N> option one
can type a letter or numbers to make a selection from the list of matches.

=item B<-n DIR>

Read relative treedata file from DIR.

Do not read the default treedata file. The relative treedata file
should already have been created using the wcd B<+S> option.
DIR may also point to a file directly.

An example: Suppose another system has been mounted to mount point
C</mnt/network>:

    wcd -n /mnt/network src

Wcd opens the relative treedata file in C</mnt/network/>. The file contains the paths
relative from that point.

=item B<+n DIR>

Read relative treedata file in addition to the default treedata file. See
option B<-n>.

=item B<-o>

Use stdin/stdout interface.

When for some kind of reason the conio or curses interface of wcd does not
work one can fall back to the stdin/stdout interface of wcd by using the
B<-o> option.

=item B<-od>

Dump all matches to stdout.

=item B<-q>

Quieter operation. Printing of the final match is suppressed.

=item B<-r DIR>

Remove directory and remove from treedata file.

If the directory is empty, wcd will remove it, and try to remove it from
the treedata file.

=item B<-rmtree DIR>

Recursively remove directory and remove from treedata file.

Wcd will remove the directory and all its sub directories and files, and
remove the directories from the treedata file.

=item B<-S DIR>

Scan directory tree from DIR and overwrite the default treedata file.
See also options B<-A>, B<-s> and B<-E>. E.g. with option B<-A> you
can create a default treedata file of your choice. Examples:

Unix:
    wcd -S /
    wcd -S /home -A /etc -A /usr

DOS/Windows:
    wcd -S c:/
    wcd -S c: -A d: -A \\server\share

With the Windows versions one can scan all shared directories of a Windows
LAN server by typing something like: C<wcd -S \\servername>.


=item B<+S DIR>

Scan disk from DIR and place relative paths in a relative treedata file.
This file is used by the B<-n> and +n options of wcd. E.g. C<wcd -n DIR
+src>,

=item B<-s>

(re)Scan disk from C<$HOME> directory. This is the default scanning mode.

Wcd for DOS or Windows scans the current disk from DOS root \ or from
I<%HOME%> if it is set.
The existing default treedata file is overwritten.



=item B<-t>

Do not strip tmp mount dir C</tmp_mnt> (Unix only)

Wcd strips by default C</tmp_mnt/> from the match. Directory
C</tmp_mnt> is used by the automounter. This behaviour can be turned
off with the B<-t> option.

=item B<-u USER>

Scan treedata file of another user based on USER, do not scan your own default
treedata file. See also section ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES for I<WCDUSERSHOME>.

On Unix/Cygwin the base directory
for user home directories is assumed to be C</home>, so wcd tries to scan
C</home/USER/.treedata.wcd>.
On DOS/Windows the base directory for user
home directories is assumed to be C<\\users>, so wcd tries to scan
C<\\users\USER\treedata.wcd>.

=item B<+u USER>

Read default treedata file of USER in addition to your own treedata
file.

=item B<-V, --version>

Print version information and exit.

=item B<-v, --verbose>

Display verbose messages. With this option wcd prints all filters, bans and
excludes.

=item B<-w>

Wild matching only. Treat all matches as wild matches.

=item B<-x DIR>

Exclude DIR from scanning.

When this option is used wcd will exclude DIR and all its subdirectories
when wcd is scanning a disk. Wildcards are supported and matched against
absolute paths. Option -x can be used multiple times.

    wcd -x <path1> -x <path2> -s

Option -x must be used in front of any scan option (B<-s>, B<-S>, B<+S>,
B<-A>, B<-E>).


On DOS/Windows systems one must specify the drive letter depending on if
environment variable I<HOME> or I<WCDHOME> is set. If I<HOME> or I<WCDHOME>
is set one needs to specify the drive letter. An example:

    wcd -x c:/temp -S c:

Otherwise do not specify drive letter.

    wcd -x /temp -s


=item B<-xf FILE>

Exclude all paths listed in FILE from scanning.

When this option is used wcd will exclude all paths listed in FILE and all
their subdirectories when wcd is scanning a disk. Wildcards are supported
and they are matched against absolute paths; one path per line. Be aware
that wcd will not ignore leading or trailing blanks on a line, because they
are legal characters in a directory name. Option B<-xf> can be used multiple
times. When one wants to exclude all banned paths from scanning one can do
the following (example for wcd on unix):

    wcd -xf ~/.ban.wcd -s

Wildcards are supported. For instance to exclude all your CVS directories
with administrative files add a line with C<*/CVS>.

Option B<-xf> must be used in front of any scan option (B<-s>, B<-S>, B<+S>,
B<-A>, B<-E>).

=item B<-z NUMBER>

Set maximum stack size to NUMBER.

The default size of the stack is 10. Stack operation can be turned off by
setting the size to 0. This option must be used in front of any other stack
operations (B<->,B<+>,B<=>). Otherwise the size of the stack will be set
back to the default 10.

A correct command is:

    wcd -z 50 -

The new stack size will be 50, wcd will go one directory back. A wrong
command is:

    wcd - -z 50

Wcd goes one directory back, the stack gets the default size 10. The B<-z
50> is ignored.

Add this option as the first option to your wcd alias or function. E.g.
for the a POSIX compatible shell this would be:

    wcd ()
    {
	wcd.exe -z 50 "$@"
	. $HOME/bin/wcd.go
    }

=item B<-[NUMBER]>

Push dir NUMBER of times. Default is one.

Go back a directory. Command C<wcd -> goes one directory back. To go more
directories back add a number to it. E.g. command C<wcd -3>. The stack is
cyclic.

=item B<+[NUMBER]>

Pop dir NUMBER of times. Default is one.

Go forward a directory. Command C<wcd +> goes one directory forward. To go
more directories forward add a number to it. E.g. command C<wcd +2>. The
stack is cyclic.

=item B<=>

Show stack.

Use this option if do not know anymore how many times to push or pop.
The stack is printed and you can choose a number. The current place in
the stack is marked with an asterisk C<*>.

=back

=head1 INSTALLATION

The current working directory of a Unix shell can only be
changed by the builtin cd command. Therefore the program is always called
by a function or alias. The function or alias sources a shell script
(go-script) which is generated by the wcd program. Wcd can only work after
the function or alias is defined.

Another important influence on your installation is the definition of
environment variables I<HOME> and I<WCDHOME>. See section ENVIRONMENT
VARIABLES.

=head2 Install for POSIX type shells

For a POSIX shell (ksh, bash, zsh, etc.), add the following
function to the shell startup file (e.g. Bash uses C<$HOME/.bashrc>):

    wcd ()
    {
	<PATH>/wcd.exe "$@"
	. $HOME/bin/wcd.go
    }

Replace <PATH> with the location where the wcd executable has been
installed. Reload the shell initialization files or start new shell.
The location of the go-script C<wcd.go> differs per shell.
See section FILES for more information.

=head2 Install for C-alike shells (csh, tcsh)

Add the following alias to the shell startup file C<$HOME/.cshrc> or
C<$HOME/.tcshrc> :

    alias wcd "<PATH>/wcd.exe \!* ; source $HOME/bin/wcd.go"

Replace <PATH> with the location where wcd executable have been installed.
Reload the shell initialization files or start new shell.


=head2 Windows console version

In a Windows NT console (cmd.exe, Command Prompt) a Windows program
can't change the current work directory (although a DOS program can).
That is why wcd generates a batch script (C<wcdgo.bat>) which must be
executed in the current shell.

=head2 Windows VISTA/7

In a Windows VISTA/7 Command Prompt you may have limited access to
directories. To get access to more directories you need administrator
rights. You can get a Command Prompt with administrator rights if you right
click on the Command Prompt icon and select I<Run as administrator>.

=head2 Windows powershell version

Add the following function to your PowerShell user profile. The location of
this profile is stored in the $profile variable. It is required that
environment variable I<HOME> or I<WCDHOME> is defined.

    function wcd
    {
	<PATH>\wcdwin32psh.exe $args
	& $env:HOME\wcdgo.ps1
    }

Replace <PATH> with the location where wcd executable have been installed.
Start a new PowerShell. Wcd for PowerShell supports only the file system
provider. No other providers.

=head2 OS/2 console version

In a OS/2 console an OS/2-program can't change the current work
directory. That is why wcd generates a command script (wcdgo.cmd)
which must be executed in the current shell. The script C<wcd.cmd>
first executes C<wcdos2.exe>, which creates the C<wcdgo.cmd> script.
Then C<wcd.cmd> executes the wcdgo.cmd script.


=head1 LOCALIZATION

=over 4

=item B<LANG>

The primary language is selected with the environment variable LANG. The
LANG variable consists out of several parts. The first part is in small
letters the language code. The second is optional and is the country code
in capital letters, preceded with an underscore. There is also an
optional third part: character encoding, preceded with a dot. A few
examples for POSIX standard type shells:

    export LANG=nl               Dutch
    export LANG=nl_NL            Dutch, The Netherlands
    export LANG=nl_BE            Dutch, Belgium
    export LANG=es_ES            Spanish, Spain
    export LANG=es_MX            Spanish, Mexico
    export LANG=en_US.iso88591   English, USA, Latin-1 encoding

For a complete list of language and country codes see the gettext
manual:
L<http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Language-Codes>
On Unix systems you can use to command locale(1) to get locale
specific information.

=item B<LANGUAGE>

With the I<LANGUAGE> environment variable you can specify a priority list
of languages, separated by colons. Wcd gives preference to I<LANGUAGE> over
I<LANG>. For instance, first Dutch and then German: C<LANGUAGE=nl:de>. You
have to first enable localization, by setting I<LANG> or I<LC_ALL> to a
value other than "C", before you can use a language priority list through
the LANGUAGE variable. See also the gettext manual:
L<http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#The-LANGUAGE-variable>

If you select a language which is not available you will get the standard
English messages.

=item B<WCDLOCALEDIR>

With the environment variable I<WCDLOCALEDIR> the I<LOCALEDIR> used during
compilation and installation of wcd can be overruled. I<LOCALEDIR> is used by
wcd with native language support to find the language files. The GNU
default value is /usr/local/share/locale. By typing C<wcd -V> wcd will print
the I<LOCALEDIR> that is used.

If you have installed wcd in a different directory than the default
directory you may need to set the environment variable I<WCDLOCALEDIR> to
point to the locale directory.


An example for Windows cmd:

    set WCDLOCALEDIR=c:/my_prefix/share/locale


An example for a POSIX shell:

    export WCDLOCALEDIR=$HOME/share/locale

=item B<LC_COLLATE>

When there are multiple directory matches wcd presents a sorted list. The
sorting depends on the locale settings. If the environment LANG has been
set the matches are sorted like dictionaries or phone books are sorted in
that language. For instance dots and dashes are ignored, or letters e with
and without accent are equal, or upper and lower case is ignored.

The sorting gives preference to environment variable I<LC_COLLATE>
over I<LANG>. If you make I<LC_COLLATE> equal to "C" or "POSIX",
locale sorting is turned off. For instance if you want Dutch language,
but not Dutch sorting, you can do something like this:

    export LANG=nl_NL
    export LC_COLLATE=C

=item B<LC_CTYPE>

With regard to character encoding Wcd will give preference to variable
I<LC_CTYPE> over I<LANG>. For instance to set character encoding to
UTF-8 the following environment setting can be done.

    export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

=item B<LC_ALL>

All locale environment variables that start with "LC_" are overruled by
environment variable I<LC_ALL> if it is defined. Wcd gives preference to
I<LC_ALL> over I<LC_COLLATE> and I<LC_CTYPE>.

=back


=head2 WINDOWS CODE PAGES

There are two groups of code pages. DOS code pages (OEM) and Windows code
pages (ANSI). The default encoding for Windows, when configured with
Western regional settings, is ANSI CP1252. Windows programs, for instance
notepad, use this default system ANSI code page. The Windows console uses
by default an OEM code page (CP437 or CP850) for compatibility with DOS programs. If
you use a DOS version of wcd in a Windows console it will work, because of
the DOS code page. But the DOS version of wcd lacks support for long
directory names and network drives on Windows. The Windows version of wcd
is a native Windows program and will use the Windows system ANSI code page.
So on a Western regional Windows it will use CP1252 for directory names and
messages. Therefore the code page of the console has to be made equal to
the system code page (changed to 1252) to make wcd for Windows work
properly with special characters such as accented characters or the euro
symbol. The console raster font only supports the original OEM code page
installed with Windows, so you also have to change the font to true type
Lucida Console to make the ANSI code page appear correctly. The Windows
system code page can be changed via the Control Panel regional options. The
Windows console code page is changed with the C<chcp> command.

When you type C<wcd -V>, the actual character encoding used by wcd is
shown. Type command C<chcp> to display the active code page of the Windows
console.


=head2 UNICODE

Wcd has optional support for Unicode. To see if wcd was built with Unicode support
type C<wcd -V>. If your terminal/console and font supports it, you
should see the euro symbol and Chinese characters (meaning:
"Chinese").

Wcd has been I<soft> converted to Unicode. In its core wcd handles all data
as a stream of bytes. Only the lines printed to screen are on the fly
converted to Unicode wide characters. Wcd fully relies on libc functions
and has no UTF-8 specific code. See also
L<http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html>

Wcd Unicode name matching supports only binary equivalence. Matching with
Unicode normalisation is not (yet) supported.



=head3 UTF-8 on Unix/Linux

In order to view UTF-8 characters your console/terminal also needs to
support UTF-8. The xterm version that comes with XFree86 4.0 or higher
includes UTF-8 support. To activate it, start I<xterm(1)> in a UTF-8
locale and use a font with iso10646-1 encoding, for instance with

    LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 xterm -u8 \
    -fn '-Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-SemiCondensed--13-120-75-75-C-60-ISO10646-1'

Modern distributions of Linux support UTF-8 by default. Other multi-byte
character encodings should also work, but that has not been tested.


=head3 UTF-16 on Windows

On Windows all the directory names on disk are encoded in UTF-16 Unicode.
For programs that do not support UTF-16 the Unicode characters are
translated to the active code page. For characters that are not part of the
regional setting this translation is not possible and non-Unicode programs
print a question mark or a wrong character instead.

Wcd with Unicode support will read the UTF-16 encoded directory names and
converts them internally to UTF-8. All treedata files are encoded in UTF-8
and not compatible with the non-Unicode version of Wcd. Wcd will create a
go-script encoded in UTF-8. This can only be run in Windows PowerShell.
Therefore wcd with Unicode is only supported in PowerShell and not in a
normal Windows Console. You need to set the font to True Type Lucida
Console (not raster font).


=head3 UTF-8 on Cygwin

Cygwin supports Unicode since version 1.7. The Cygwin layer takes care
that the Windows UTF-16 Unicode names are converted to UTF-8. So
programs, like wcd, do not need to be aware of this and can operate
using UTF-8 encoding as on Unix/Linux. Set character encoding to UTF-8
with the I<LANG> or I<LC_CTYPE> environment variable. You may need to
rescan your drives. You need to set the font to True Type Lucida
Console (not raster font) if you use the default Cygwin console.


=head1 FILES

If the environment variable I<WCDHOME> is set wcd will use I<WCDHOME>
instead of I<HOME>. All C<*.wcd> files are text files. They can be
edited with a text-editor.
The Windows console version of wcd behaves as
the DOS version. The Cygwin version of wcd behaves as the Unix
version.

=over 4

=item B<wcd.exe>

The program. In Unix shells the program is always called by a
function or alias, because the current working directory of a Unix
shell can only be changed by the builtin cd command. See also section
INSTALLATION.

=item B<default treedata file>

This is the default treedata file where wcd searches for matches. If it is
not readable wcd will create a new one.

    DOS: \treedata.wcd or %HOME%\treedata.wcd
    Unix: $HOME/.treedata.wcd

=item B<extra treedata file>

An optional extra treedata file. If it exists and is readable wcd will try
to find matches in this file also.

    DOS: \extra.wcd or %HOME%\extra.wcd
    Unix: $HOME/.extra.wcd

=item B<ban file>

In this optional file wcd places banned paths. See option B<-b>. Wildcards are
supported.

    DOS: \ban.wcd or %HOME%\ban.wcd
    Unix: $HOME/.ban.wcd

=item B<alias file>

Optional file with wcd aliases. See option B<-l>.

    DOS: \alias.wcd or %HOME%\alias.wcd
    Unix: $HOME/.alias.wcd

=item B<stack file>

In this file wcd stores its stack. The drive letter can be changed with
the B<-d> option.

    DOS: c:\stack.wcd or %HOME%\stack.wcd
    Unix: $HOME/.stack.wcd

The name of the stack file can be changed with environment variable I<WCDSTACKFILE>.
See section ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.

=item B<go-script>

This is the shell script which wcd.exe creates each time. It is sourced via
a function or an alias. The drive letter can be changed with the B<-d> option.
For history reasons it is placed by default in C<$HOME/bin> on Unix
systems. The directory of this file can be changed with the option B<-G>.

    DOS bash: c:/wcd.go or $HOME/wcd.go
    Windows Console: c:\wcdgo.bat or %HOME%\wcdgo.bat
    Windows PowerShell: $env:HOME\wcdgo.ps1
    WinZsh: $HOME/wcd.go
    Cygwin/MSYS: $HOME/bin/wcd.go
    OS/2 Console: c:\wcdgo.cmd or %HOME%\wcdgo.cmd
    Unix: $HOME/bin/wcd.go

=item B<relative treedata file>

Text  file  with relative paths from DIR>. See options B<+S>, B<-n> and
B<+n>.

    DOS: <path>\rtdata.wcd
    Unix: <path>/.rtdata.wcd

=back

=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

=over 4

=item B<HOME> and B<WCDHOME>

Wcd uses environment variable I<HOME> to determine where to store its
files. Environment variable I<WCDHOME> overrides I<HOME>. If both
I<HOME> and I<WCDHOME> are set, I<WCDHOME> will be used instead of
I<HOME>. See also section FILES.


For the Unix, Cygwin, Windows PowerShell, WinZsh and MSYS version
it is required that I<HOME> or I<WCDHOME> is set. For the other
versions of wcd the use of these variables is optional.

If HOME is set on DOS/Windows, wcd will place all its files
(treedata.wcd, extra.wcd, alias.wcd, ban.wcd, wcd.go) in directory
I<HOME>. The behaviour of wcd is then equal to the Unix version of
wcd. Wcd will scan the disk default from I<HOME>. Drives will not be
automatically scanned by changing to them. You need to tell wcd
explicitly. E.g.:

    wcd -S c: -A d: -A e:

Matching of directories is now global over all scanned drives. If the
environment variable I<WCDHOME> is set wcd will use I<WCDHOME> instead
of I<HOME>.


=item B<TERMINFO>

If the environment variable I<TERMINFO> is defined, wcd with ncurses
interface checks for a local terminal definition before checking in
the standard place. This is useful if terminal definitions are not on
a standard place. Often used standard places are C</usr/lib/terminfo>
and C</usr/share/terminfo>.

=item B<PDC_RESTORE_SCREEN>

Wcd with PDCurses interface recognizes the environment variable
I<PDC_RESTORE_SCREEN>. If this environment variable is set, PDCurses
will take a copy of the contents of the screen at the time that wcd is
started; when wcd exits, the screen will be restored.
This variable can be set e.g. in C<AUTOEXEC.BAT>. An example:

    set PDC_RESTORE_SCREEN=1

Windows allows only a small buffer to be saved. So it is not always
possible to restore everything. Some garbage data may be printed in
the console after wcd exists if you have set a large buffer width.


=item B<SHELL>

Printing of C<#!$SHELL> on the first line of the go-script for POSIX
type shell or C shell is needed for 8 bit characters. Some shells
otherwise think that the go-script is a binary file and will not
source it. In Cygwin Bash the variable I<SHELL> must be set in
environtment using the C<export> command, otherwise wcd can't read the
variable.


=item B<BASH>

Wcd for DOS bash uses C<$BASH> instead of C<$SHELL>, because C<$SHELL>
points to the DOS command shell. One may need to define C<$BASH> with
an C<export> command, otherwise wcd can't read the variable.


=item B<WCDFILTER>

Specify filters with environment variable I<WCDFILTER>. All
directories that do not match the filter(s) are ignored. A list can be
specified by separating filters by the shell path
separator. Similar as specifying the PATH variable.
The case sensitivity is mandated by the Operating system.


An example for DOS, Windows, OS/2 console:

    set WCDFILTER=projects;doc


An example for POSIX type shells:

    export WCDFILTER="projects:doc"

An example for Csh type shells:

    setenv WCDFILTER "projects:doc"

=item B<WCDBAN>

The paths specified with environment I<WCDBAN> will be banned by wcd.
See also option B<-b>. Specify a list of paths separated by shell
PATH separator

=item B<WCDEXCLUDE>

The paths specified with environment I<WCDEXCLUDE> will be excluded by
wcd. See also options B<-x> and B<-xf>. Specify a list of paths
separated by shell PATH separator



An example for DOS, Windows, OS/2 console:

    set WCDEXCLUDE=*/windows;*/temp;*CVS


An example for POSIX type shells:

    export WCDEXCLUDE="/dev:/tmp:*CVS"

An example for Csh type shells:

    setenv WCDEXCLUDE "/dev:/tmp:*CVS"

=item B<WCDUSERSHOME>

With this variable one can set the base directory where the users home
directories are. If this variable is not set wcd will assume
C<\\users> on DOS/Windows and
C</home> on Unix, This variable is used to scan treedata files of
other users. See also options B<-u> an B<+u>.

Set the base of home directories.
On DOS/Windows the default value is C<\\users>.
On Unix/Cygwin the default value is C</home>.
This variable is used to scan treedata files of other users. See also
options B<-u> an B<+u>. In verbose mode wcd will print all filters,
bans and excludes. See option B<-v>.

=item B<WCDSTACKFILE>

Wcd gives preference to I<WCDSTACKFILE> over the default stack file name (see
section FILES). With this variable each shell (or used terminal emulator) can
have its private stack of used directories.

To use a unique time based YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS file for each opened
interactive shell.

    export WCDSTACKFILE=$HOME/.wcd/stack.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)

For a stack per xterm(1), use the xterm WINDOWID environment variable:

    export WCDSTACKFILE=$HOME/.wcd/stack.$WINDOWID

For GNU screen(1), to use stack per screen:

    export WCDSTACKFILE=$HOME/.wcd/stack.$WINDOW

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

sh(1),
bash(1),
csh(1),
ksh(1),
zsh(1),
locale(1),
ncurses(1),

=head1 AUTHORS

Wcd was written by Erwin Waterlander <waterlan@xs4all.nl>

Project homepage:
L<http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/>

SourceForge:
L<http://sourceforge.net/projects/wcd/>

Freshmeat:
L<http://freshmeat.net/projects/wcd/>

The manual page formatting was provided by Jari Aalto
<jari.aalto@cante.net>.

NCD was originally written by Brad Kingsbury for Peter Norton's
"Norton Utilities" around 1987. See also
L<http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/norton_change_directory_clones.shtml>

=cut
