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Article #1008Re: Why use pwd(1) for getpwd(3C)? (Re: Why use find?)
From: Chet Ramey
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 1990 19:19
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 1990 19:19
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In article <23012:Oct1019:12:2790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >In article <1990Oct9.122813.1329@cbnews.att.com> jbr0@cbnews.att.com (joseph.a.brownlee) writes: > [ why is getpwd() implemented as `pwd` in System V? ] > >Because there's no getwd() system call to have the kernel do the job. BSD doesn't have one either; it's a library routine, at least through 4.3-tahoe. By the way, the name of the Posix (and S5) routine is getcwd(). Chet -- Chet Ramey ``As I recall, Doug was keen on boxing. But Network Services Group when he learned to walk, he took up puttin' Case Western Reserve University the boot in the groin.'' chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cwns1!chet From: chet@cwns1.INS.CWRU.Edu (Chet Ramey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Why use pwd(1) for getpwd(3C)? (Re: Why use find?) Message-ID: <1990Oct11.191936.10947@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Date: 11 Oct 90 19:19:36 GMT References: <1990Oct7.001518.14216@diku.dk> <1990Oct9.122813.1329@cbnews.att.com> <23012:Oct1019:12:2790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Reply-To: chet@po.CWRU.Edu Organization: Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, Ohio, (USA) Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: cwns1.ins.cwru.edu