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[76.218.103.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 00721157ae682-7952a1d819fsm27233607b3.36.2026.02.06.09.59.43 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:59:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6384c7bf-e66f-4baf-8b23-0e3b16e1a7f9@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 09:59:46 -0800 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: pwd default behavior To: questions@freebsd.org References: <877bsqe6m0.fsf@x1.laptops.machines> <86ms1lbzsd.fsf@ltc.des.dev> Content-Language: en-US From: "Jin Guojun[VFF]" In-Reply-To: <86ms1lbzsd.fsf@ltc.des.dev> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.88 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.88)[-0.877]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20230601]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::112f:from] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4f72124Cpnz4LFV X-Spamd-Bar: --- On 2/6/26 08:30, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Simon Wollwage writes: >> While reading the code for /bin/pwd, I noticed that the default behavior >> in the code is to assume -P if no arguments are supplied, but according >> to POSIX it shoud be -L >> (https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/pwd.html) >> >> Is it for convenience reasons or other technical reasons? Seems like an >> easy change to make it compliant. > It makes very little difference in practice as pwd(1) is usually a shell > built-in, but: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55146 > > DES It does make some difference because one wants to know where one really is at :-) Since there is another command "dirs" which does "pwd -L", so pwd defaulting to -P makes sense to provide the real location. -Jin