Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 23:43:46 +1000 From: "Tim J. Robbins" <tjr@FreeBSD.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/pwd pwd.1 pwd.c Message-ID: <20020518234346.A16088@treetop.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <200205181030.g4IAU9Ws008994@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Sat, May 18, 2002 at 11:30:09AM %2B0100 References: <tjr@FreeBSD.org> <200205181030.g4IAU9Ws008994@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 11:30:09AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > tjr 2002/05/17 19:47:25 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > bin/pwd pwd.1 pwd.c > > Log: > > Make -L the default, allow both -L and -P to be specified (last one used > > matters), fall back to -P mode if we can't get the logical directory. > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.19 +2 -2 src/bin/pwd/pwd.1 > > 1.18 +14 -9 src/bin/pwd/pwd.c > > I don't think this is wise. I've always been of the understanding > that ``pwd'' gives me my logical directory and ``/bin/pwd'' gives me > the physical one. I've written scripts to depend on this. Ok, I will restore -P as the default for the moment. I understand that /bin/pwd has historically used getcwd() or similar, but I wasn't aware that anything would break if pwd gave the logical directory name by default. What assumptions do the scripts make that would no longer work if -L was the default? Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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