Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'cd ..' is the wrong thing to do > > in bash , 'cd ..' takes away a directory from the `pwd` > > when `pwd` ends with a symlink, 'cd ..' > do not bring into .. > > in that case, `ls ..` shows the 'real' parent, 'cd ..' brings into > the 'convenience' parent > > whenever you have problems with symlinks, you should use 'realpath .' > to know what is the real name of the current dir, and 'realpath ..' > to know the real path name of ..
you can't assume realpath is installed (none of my systems (Potato, Red Hat, Solaris) have it). explicitly avoiding the bash builtin by writing /bin/pwd will give the correct result in a portable manner. Kjetil T. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
