Re: extra slash in current path

From: Lars TÃuber
Date: Thu Jun 23 2011 - 09:31:24 EST


Hi,

Am Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:14:18 -0400
yuyichao-mit <yuyichao@xxxxxxx> schrieb:
> The problem is like this:
>
> $ cd /
> $ pwd
> /
>
> $ cd /
> $ pwd
> //

didn't you mean?:
$ cd //
$ pwd
//


Regards
Lars

>
> $ cd ///
> $ pwd
> /
>
> Why can there be a extra slash (and exactly one) in current path? Is
> this designed on purpose?
> This is not really a big deal but I think it can confuse some program.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yichao
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