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Re: \w, $PWD and pwd builtin return "//" instead of '/'
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Robert Elz |
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Re: \w, $PWD and pwd builtin return "//" instead of '/' |
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Sun, 13 Jan 2019 08:06:50 +0700 |
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 01:52:03 +0100
From: mike b <michallinuxstuff@gmail.com>
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| This seems to happen only when number of '/' char == 2, anything > 2 is
| properly displayed as single '/' char.
That's because paths that start with exactly two '/' characters (not more,
not less) are "special" on some systems. It is wrong to alter them.
kre