[SLUG] Strange thing with /

[Paul Robinson]

Hi Sluggers,   I just came across something by accident when I had a typo and after searching google I came up with nothing. I was hoping someone on here can explain how / why this works.   When cd'ing to / I accidentily typed cd //   RedHat 7.3 then took me to //, the contents of which being the same as /   I tried with higher numbers of /'s but it always took me to /   is there any reason why // works?   This isn't a life or death thing but I just found it interesting.   Cheers, Paul