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On 24-Feb-2000 Jesse Pollard wrote:
> Anton Ivanov <aivanov@eu.level3.net>:
> ...
>>mkdir -p /tmp/crap/crap1 ; ln -s /tmp/crap /tmp/crap2 ; cd /tmp/crap2/crap1 ;
>>pwd
>>
>>on linux it returns /tmp/crap2/crap1
>>on solaris it returns /tmp/crap/crap1
>>
>>If permissions on crap are 000 solaris bummersm, linux does not. This is on
>>debian-potato and sol 2.6 respectively.
>>
>>And this is gnu fileutils not linux as such.
>>
>>In btw1: at least in some slackware (2.?) long ago pwd was working properly
>>if
>>sol's behaviour is considered proper.
>>
>
> Both are proper - if the command given is "pwd" and a pwd command happens
> to be implemented in the shell (bash/csh). The shell "pwd" outputs tracks of
> the "cd" command and just displays what is seen in this track. Each cd
> command replaces/appends to the list depending on how the parameter specifies
> the path. This was done to optimize a frequently used (in shell scripts
> anyway) command to eliminate the multiple directory open/close cycles needed
> to implement a generic "pwd" utility. BTW, when the shell version is used,
> there is no file access checks made
>
> The program /bin/pwd gives the expected answer by reading the current
> directory
> to find .., then reading it to locate the inode reference to the current
> unnamed directory (well, known as . -> alias is looked up in .. by searching
> for the inode number). This cycle repeats until /bin/pwd reaches the root
> directory.
My goof off this time. I did forgot to use /bin/pwd one of the times... Ufhh...
Still, the strange fact that when using /bin/pwd solaris returns an error and
linux returns a full path is still there.
pwd (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
strace on linux shows a call to getcwd (3). Return is correct path and no
errors.
truss on solaris shows exactly what you describe.
Cheers ;-)
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