Re: .. in $PWD: bug or feature?

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From: Chet Ramey
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:22

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In article <MITCH.92Aug10141637@mira.clsi> mitch@clsi.UUCP (Mitchell N. Perilstein) writes:
>Forgive me if this is part of the old getwd() problem but,
>
>  bash$ cd /usr/local/..
>  bash$ builtin pwd
>  /usr
>  bash$ /bin/pwd
>  /usr
>  bash$ echo $PWD
>  /usr/local/..
>
>When should `pwd` differ from $PWD? Users who have \W in their PS1 might
>find this annoying. 

This is fixed in 1.13, which performs canonicalization on $PWD.

odin(3)$ cd /usr/local/..
odin(3)$ builtin pwd
/usr
odin(3)$ /bin/pwd
/usr
odin(3)$ echo $PWD
/usr

Chet
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Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University	Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu

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