Re: Double slash root cwd

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/11/16 4:10 PM, Jonathan Ździarski wrote:
> Hey there-
> 
> Noticed in bash you can cd into paths prefixed with double slash; e.g. “cd 
> //usr/sbin” and it will set the pwd environment variable as such; not sure if 
> this was intended or not, but can see where some poor guy’s aliases or bash 
> scripts are likely to barf.

Posix requires it.  Look at the Bash FAQ, question E10, or one of the
previous bug-bash discussions, such as

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-08/msg00294.html

Chet
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