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Subject: Re: determining the real directory when using automounts
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Date: 14 Feb 89 16:09:48 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 154, message 6 of 14

In ksh, pwd is a builtin which returns the "logical" name of the current
working directory, so if you "cd /foo/bar", pwd always returns "/foo/bar",
even if you're in a different place as a consequence of following symbolic
links or other such wierdness.

Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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