How can I change the startup-folder in terminal?

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hi folks,

another question:
I want to change the startup-folder in osx using the terminal. how can I do that?

thanks for all help, macosx.com I think is the greatest OS X Forum I now...
 
You can change your home in NetInfo, which will also change your startup directory in the terminal.

Alternately, you can add a cd command to your .*cshrc file or .bashrc file, whichever is applicable to your configuration.

For instance, to default to the root level of your boot hard disk:
echo "cd /" >> ~/.cshrc
Or you can add it manually to the applicable shell initialization file with a text editor of your choice.
 
Which is it, ogg? Do you want to change your start directory in the terminal, or do you want to choose your system installation folder via the command line?
 
the command is called "bless"
You can read the man pages for the details but it should appear something like this...

EXAMPLES
FOLDER MODE
To bless a volume with only Mac OS 9:

bless -folder9 "/Volumes/Mac OS 9/System Folder" -bootBlocks
To bless a volume with only Mac OS X or Darwin, and create the BootX

bless -folder "/Volumes/Mac OS X/System/Library/CoreServices" -bootinfo "/Volumes/Mac OS X/usr/standalone/ppc/bootx.bootinfo"

To set a volume containing both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X to be the active volume:

bless -folder "/Volumes/Mac OS/System/Library/CoreServices" -folder9 "/Volumes/Mac OS/System Folder" -bootBlocks -setOF
 
sorry, i have been away for some time. thanks to all replys, i meaned cheanging via terminal.

thanks to all!
 
Originally posted by ogg
sorry, i have been away for some time. thanks to all replys, i meaned cheanging via terminal.

thanks to all!
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that's exactly what I posted does.. :confused:
It uses the terminal to change the active startup disk
 
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