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pwd(1)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Environment Variables | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also | Diagnostics | Notes

Name

pwd– return working directory name

Synopsis

/usr/bin/pwd 

Description

The pwd utility writes an absolute path name of the current working directory to standard output.

Both the Bourne shell, sh(1), and the Korn shell, ksh(1), also have a built-in pwd command.

Environment Variables

See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of pwd: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

If an error is detected, output will not be written to standard output, a diagnostic message will be written to standard error, and the exit status will not be 0.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsu
CSI	enabled
Interface Stability	Standard

See Also

cd(1), ksh(1), sh(1), shell_builtins(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

Diagnostics

``Cannot open ..'' and ``Read error in ..'' indicate possible file system trouble and should be referred to a UNIX system administrator.

Notes

If you move the current directory or one above it, pwd may not give the correct response. Use the cd(1) command with a full path name to correct this situation.

Name | Synopsis | Description | Environment Variables | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also | Diagnostics | Notes