"/bin/pwd" happens to work with the GNU coreutils implementation, which has -P as the default, contrary to POSIX requirements. Use "pwd -P" instead, which is shorter, easier to type, and should work everywhere. Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> --- man5/proc.5 | 11 +---------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 0dbc05228..55f425dcd 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -588,19 +588,10 @@ for instance, you can do this: .IP .in +4n .EX -.RB "$" " cd /proc/20/cwd; /bin/pwd" +.RB "$" " cd /proc/20/cwd; pwd \-P" .EE .in .IP -Note that the -.I pwd -command is often a shell built-in, and might -not work properly. -In -.BR bash (1), -you may use -.IR "pwd\ \-P" . -.IP .\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link are not available if the main thread has already terminated -- 2.28.0.rc1
