Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:10:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r295083 - head/bin/sh Message-ID: <201601302010.u0UKAKLa054245@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Sat Jan 30 20:10:20 2016 New Revision: 295083 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/295083 Log: sh(1): Document 'cd -'. This reflects the changes in r294649 and can therefore not be MFCed by itself. Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/sh/sh.1 Sat Jan 30 19:59:58 2016 (r295082) +++ head/bin/sh/sh.1 Sat Jan 30 20:10:20 2016 (r295083) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 29, 2015 +.Dd January 30, 2016 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1952,13 +1952,20 @@ Execute the specified built-in command, This is useful when the user wishes to override a shell function with the same name as a built-in command. .It Ic cd Oo Fl L | P Oc Oo Fl e Oc Op Ar directory +.It Ic cd Fl Switch to the specified .Ar directory , -or to the directory specified in the +to the directory specified in the .Va HOME environment variable if no .Ar directory -is specified. +is specified or +to the directory specified in the +.Va OLDPWD +environment variable if +.Ar directory +is +.Fl . If .Ar directory does not begin with @@ -1982,10 +1989,12 @@ the .Ic cd command will print out the name of the directory that it actually switched to -if this is different from the name that the user gave. -These may be different either because the +if the .Va CDPATH -mechanism was used or because a symbolic link was crossed. +mechanism was used or if +.Ar directory +was +.Fl . .Pp If the .Fl P @@ -2774,6 +2783,10 @@ Initialization file for interactive shel Locale settings. These are inherited by children of the shell, and is used in a limited manner by the shell itself. +.It Ev OLDPWD +The previous current directory. +This is used and updated by +.Ic cd . .It Ev PWD An absolute pathname for the current directory, possibly containing symbolic links.
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