On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 01:25:50PM +0000, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote: > >> da...@thinkpad ~/foo $ echo $PWD > >> /home/darkk/foo
> Well, if I read > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pwd.html > correctly, bash pwd should output /home/darkk/bar in that case > as $PWD does *not* contain an absolute path to the current > directory. An "absolute pathname" is one that begins with a / character. As opposed to a "relative pathname" which does not, and which is resolved relative to your current working directory. $PWD is always an absolute pathname. You're thinking of "physical" pathnames.
