1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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35.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
36.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/pwd/pwd.1 50471 1999-08-27 23:15:48Z peter $
37.\"
38.Dd April 28, 1995
39.Dt PWD 1
40.Os BSD 4
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm pwd
43.Nd return working directory name
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm pwd
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Pwd
48writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
49the standard output.
50.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
51The
52.Nm
53utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
54.Sh STANDARDS
55The
56.Nm
57utility is expected to be
58.St -p1003.2
59compatible.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr cd 1 ,
62.Xr csh 1 ,
63.Xr getcwd 3
64.Sh BUGS
65In
66.Xr csh 1
67the command
68.Ic dirs
69is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
70that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
71the shell descended into it).
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
34.\"
35.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
36.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/pwd/pwd.1 50471 1999-08-27 23:15:48Z peter $
37.\"
38.Dd April 28, 1995
39.Dt PWD 1
40.Os BSD 4
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm pwd
43.Nd return working directory name
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm pwd
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Pwd
48writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
49the standard output.
50.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
51The
52.Nm
53utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
54.Sh STANDARDS
55The
56.Nm
57utility is expected to be
58.St -p1003.2
59compatible.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr cd 1 ,
62.Xr csh 1 ,
63.Xr getcwd 3
64.Sh BUGS
65In
66.Xr csh 1
67the command
68.Ic dirs
69is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
70that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
71the shell descended into it).