pwd/pwd.1

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  39 .Dd November 2, 1998
  40 .Dt PWD 1
  41 .Os BSD 4
  42 .Sh NAME
  43 .Nm pwd
  44 .Nd return working directory name
  45 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  46 .Nm
  47 .Op Fl LP
  48 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  49 .Nm
  50 writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
  51 the standard output.
  52 .Pp
  53 The
  54 .Nm
  55 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
  56 .Pp
  57 The following options are available:
  58 .Bl -tag -width indent
  59 .It Fl L
  60 Print the logical path to the current working directory, as defined
  61 by the shell in the environment variable PWD.
  62 .It Fl P
  63 Print the physical path to the current working directory, with symbolic
  64 links in the path resolved. This is the default.
  65 .El
  66 .Sh STANDARDS
  67 The
  68 .Nm
  69 utility is expected to be
  70 .St -p1003.2
  71 compatible.
  72 .Sh SEE ALSO
  73 .Xr cd 1 ,
  74 .Xr csh 1 ,
  75 .Xr getcwd 3
  76 .Sh BUGS
  77 In
  78 .Xr csh 1
  79 the command
  80 .Ic dirs
  81 is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
  82 that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
  83 the shell descended into it).