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160687Sbostic.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
260687Sbostic.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
319270Smckusick.\"
450203Sbostic.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
550203Sbostic.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
650203Sbostic.\"
750470Scael.\"	%sccs.include.redist.roff%
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9*68984Sbostic.\"     @(#)pwd.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 04/28/95
1043083Scael.\"
1143083Scael.Dd
1243083Scael.Dt PWD 1
1343083Scael.Os BSD 4
1443083Scael.Sh NAME
1543083Scael.Nm pwd
1643083Scael.Nd return working directory name
1743083Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS
1843083Scael.Nm pwd
1943083Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION
2043083Scael.Nm Pwd
2143083Scaelwrites the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
2243083Scaelthe standard output.
2343083Scael.Pp
2443083ScaelThe pwd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
2543083Scael.Sh STANDARDS
2650470ScaelThe
2750470Scael.Nm pwd
2850470Scaelcommand is expected to be
2950470Scael.St -p1003.2
3050470Scaelcompatible .
3143083Scael.Sh SEE ALSO
3243083Scael.Xr cd 1 ,
3343083Scael.Xr csh 1 ,
34*68984Sbostic.Xr getcwd 3
3543083Scael.Sh BUGS
3619270SmckusickIn
3743083Scael.Xr csh  1
3819270Smckusickthe command
3943083Scael.Ic dirs
4019270Smckusickis always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
4119270Smckusickthat the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
4219270Smckusickthe shell descended into it).
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