GNU bug report logs - #6194
pwd tracks logical paths through symlinks

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From: eran shaham <eranshaham <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug: pwd
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 22:13:00 +0300

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from:
info pwd

one get:
`pwd' prints the fully resolved name of the current directory.  That
is, all components of the printed name will be actual directory
names--*none will be symbolic links*.

When you try the following:
mkdir dirA dirB
cd dirA
ln -s ../dirB/ lnkB
cd lnkB
pwd


you get:
dirA/lnkB

where lnkB is obviously a symbolic link and not an actual directory name.

Best Regards,
Eran Shaham

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