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Robert Eckardt wrote:

> I tried this on FreeBSD 2.1.5R, ISC 2.2 (SysVr3.2) and AIX
> (always on the local FS).
> pwd fails on *all* systems in [/tmp/]home2/contrib/joe !
> 
> Robert

some shells keep track of where you are and thus don't actually
do the getpwd call.