xref: /freebsd/bin/pwd/pwd.1 (revision 7f3dea244c40159a41ab22da77a434d7c5b5e85a)
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
9.\" are met:
10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
11.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
13.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
14.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
16.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
17.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
18.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
20.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
21.\"    without specific prior written permission.
22.\"
23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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).
72