11-08-2006
cannot determine current directory
Hi,
when I execute some simple commands on my solaris system, I am getting the following warning message:
Could anybody tell me what could be the reason
Ex:- If I give the command,
which ls
Warning: cannot determine current directory
/usr/bin/ls
Thanks in advance
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