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Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd)
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd) |
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Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:30:10 -0500 |
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On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 01:25:50PM +0000, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> >> darkk@thinkpad ~/foo $ echo $PWD
> >> /home/darkk/foo
> Well, if I read
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pwd.html
> correctly, bash pwd should output /home/darkk/bar in that case
> as $PWD does *not* contain an absolute path to the current
> directory.
An "absolute pathname" is one that begins with a / character. As
opposed to a "relative pathname" which does not, and which is resolved
relative to your current working directory.
$PWD is always an absolute pathname.
You're thinking of "physical" pathnames.
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- Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd), Chet Ramey, 2010/01/05
- Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd), Stephane CHAZELAS, 2010/01/06
- Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd), Chet Ramey, 2010/01/06
- Re: $(pwd) != $(/bin/pwd), Marc Herbert, 2010/01/07