Issue 7, 8.3:
PWD
This variable shall represent an absolute pathname of the current
working directory. It shall not contain any components that are dot
or dot-dot. The value is set by the cd utility, and by the sh
utility during initialization.
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
There's likely a lot more in this page that is either a straight-up lie
or an unfortunate omission
man7/environ.7 | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7
index 019c5a25a..65f1d8da8 100644
--- a/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man7/environ.7
@@ -158,8 +158,12 @@ used by
to find manual pages, and so on.
.TP
.B PWD
-The current working directory.
-Set by some shells.
+Absolute path to the current working directory.
+Partially canonical (no
+.I .
+or
+.I ..
+components).
.TP
.B SHELL
The absolute pathname of the user's login shell.
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