$ ln -s path/to/a/really/deeply/nested/director/my-project ~/my-project

$ cd ~/my-project

MYPROJECT=path/to/a/really/deeply/nested/director/my-project

$ cd $MYPROJECT

# in file ~/.bashrc
 function work() {
    cd $HOME/path/to/a/really/deeply/nested/director/my-project
 }

cd **/my-project

CDPATH=/var/:/etc/

alias myproject="cd path/to/a/really/deeply/nested/director/my-project"

$ myproject

# make the current directory the default anchor:
$ anc s

# go to /etc, then /, then /usr/local and then back to the default anchor:
$ cd /etc; cd ..; cd usr/local; anc

# go back to /usr/local :
$ anc b

# add another anchor:
$ anc a $HOME/test

# view the list of anchors (the default one has the asterisk):
$ anc l
(0) /path/to/first/anchor *
(1) /home/usr/test

# jump to the anchor we just added:
# by using its anchor number
$ anc 1
# or by jumping to the last anchor in the list
$ anc -1

# add multiple anchors:
$ anc a $HOME/projects/first $HOME/projects/second $HOME/documents/first

# use text matching to jump to $HOME/projects/first
$ anc pro fir

# use text matching to jump to $HOME/documents/first
$ anc doc fir

# add anchor and jump to it using an absolute path
$ anc /etc
# is the same as
$ anc a /etc; anc -1

# add anchor and jump to it using a relative path
$ anc ./X11 #note that "./" is required for relative paths
# is the same as
$ anc a X11; anc -1

# using wildcards you can add many anchors at once
$ anc a $HOME/projects/*

# use shell completion to see a list of matching anchors
# and select the one you want to jump to directly
$ anc pro[TAB]

pev add myDir /path/to/my/dir

pev show

|   NAMES               VALUES
   |   ----------          ----------
   |   pev_myDir           "/path/to/my/dir"

cd $pev_myDir

# copy "file" from another path to the "myDir" directory
cp /path/to/file $pev_myDir