pwd
User Commands pwd(1)NAME
pwd - return working directory nameSYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/pwdDESCRIPTION
pwd writes an absolute path name of the current working directory to standard output. Both the Bourne shell, sh(1), and the Korn shell, ksh(1), also have a built-in pwd command. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of pwd: LC_MESSAGES and NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. >0 An error occurred. If an error is detected, output will not be written to stan- dard output, a diagnostic message will be written to stan- dard error, and the exit status will not be 0.ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri- butes: ____________________________________________________________ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |_____________________________|_____________________________| | Availability | SUNWcsu | |_____________________________|_____________________________| | CSI | enabled | |_____________________________|_____________________________|SEE ALSO
cd(1), ksh(1), sh(1), shell_builtins(1), attributes(5), environ(5)DIAGNOSTICS
``Cannot open ..'' and ``Read error in ..'' indicate possi- ble file system trouble and should be referred to a UNIX system administrator. SunOS 5.8 Last change: 28 Mar 1995 1 User Commands pwd(1)NOTES
If you move the current directory or one above it, pwd may not give the correct response. Use the cd(1) command with a full path name to correct this situation. SunOS 5.8 Last change: 28 Mar 1995 2