add custom commands "cd" and "pwd" to the LAMMPS shell

doc/src/Tools.rst

@@ -498,9 +498,16 @@ regular LAMMPS commands:
    help (or ?)    print a brief help message
    history        display the current command history list
    clear_history  wipe out the current command history list
+   pwd            print current working directory
+   cd <directory> change current working directory (same as pwd if no directory)
    \|<command>     execute <command> as a shell command and return to the command prompt
    exit           exit the LAMMPS shell cleanly (unlike the "quit" command)
 
+Please note that some known shell operations are implemented in the
+LAMMPS :doc:`shell command <shell>` in a platform neutral fashion,
+while using the '\|' character will always pass the following text
+to the operating system's shell command.
+
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tools/lammps-shell/README

@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ Additional commands
 The followind commands are added to the LAMMPS shell on top of the
 regular LAMMPS commands:
 
-- help (or ?)   print a brief help message
-- history       display the current command history list
-- clear_history wipe out the current command history list
-- |<command>    execute <command> as a shell command and return to the command prompt
-- exit          exit the LAMMPS shell cleanly (unlike the "quit" command)
+- help (or ?)    print a brief help message
+- history        display the current command history list
+- clear_history  wipe out the current command history list
+- pwd            print current working directory
+- cd <directory> change current working directory (same as pwd if no directory)
+- |<command>     execute <command> as a shell command and return to the command prompt
+- exit           exit the LAMMPS shell cleanly (unlike the "quit" command)
 
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tools/lammps-shell/lammps-shell.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <io.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #define isatty(x) _isatty(x)
+#define getcwd(buf, len) _getcwd(buf, len)
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
@@ -460,6 +461,8 @@ static void init_commands()
     // store LAMMPS shell specific command names
     commands.push_back("help");
     commands.push_back("exit");
+    commands.push_back("pwd");
+    commands.push_back("cd");
     commands.push_back("history");
     commands.push_back("clear_history");
 
@@ -549,6 +552,16 @@ static int shell_cmd(const std::string &cmd)
     } else if (words[0] == "exit") {
         free(text);
         return shell_end();
+    } else if ((words[0] == "pwd") || ((words[0] == "cd") && (words.size() == 1))) {
+        if (getcwd(buf, buflen)) std::cout << buf << "\n";
+        free(text);
+        return 0;
+    } else if (words[0] == "cd") {
+        std::string shellcmd = "shell ";
+        shellcmd += text;
+        lammps_command(lmp, shellcmd.c_str());
+        free(text);
+        return 0;
     } else if (words[0] == "history") {
         free(text);
         HIST_ENTRY **list = history_list();