plan9 man page for pwd

PWD(1)							      General Commands Manual							    PWD(1)

NAME
       pwd, pbd - working directory

SYNOPSIS
       pwd
       pbd

DESCRIPTION
       Pwd  prints  the  path  name  of the working (current) directory. Pwd does not guarantee to return the same path that was used to enter the
       directory. The returned path may be another route through the name space to the same working directory. This behavior  will  arise  when  a
       combination of mounts or binds produces a graph in the file name space tree.

       Pbd  prints  the  base  name  of the working (current) directory.  It prints no final newline and is intended for applications such as con-
       structing shell prompts.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/pwd.c
       /sys/src/cmd/pbd.c

SEE ALSO
       cd in rc(1), bind(1), getwd(2)

BUGS
       A kernel bug sometimes prevents pbd from working when the current directory is a device, in which case pbd returns `.'.

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