From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Dec 30 21:31:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA16033 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:31:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id VAA15998 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:31:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA09389; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 06:31:37 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id GAA32092; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 06:31:17 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.4/keltia-uucp-2.9) id BAA04835; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 01:44:40 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 01:44:40 +0100 From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) To: Helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Bugs' list) Subject: Re: bin/2331: strange output of sh's pwd on symlinked directories References: <199612302351.AAA00671@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55.04 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#2837 In-Reply-To: <199612302351.AAA00671@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>; from Helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De on Dec 31, 1996 00:51:57 +0100 Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De: > >Synopsis: strange output of sh's pwd on symlinked directories > >Description: > The shell builtin prints wrong names if you cd .. up crossing a > symlinked directory. It is not really a bug, jsust use a modern shell :-) Zsh, tcsh and probably bash are able to "ignore" symlinks on "..". tcsh: set symlinks=ignore zsh: setopt CHASE_LINKS (default is ignore symbolic links) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #33: Sat Dec 21 12:57:17 CET 1996