On 08/07/2014 12:55 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote: > if "/usr/src" is a symlink pointing to /home/src, > > and under /home/src, packages points to ../packages, then when I > switch to /usr/src/packages, I see my path listed as /usr/src/packages: > >> > cd /usr/src/packages > /usr/src/packages> pwd > /usr/src/packages > > Only by asking an external util can I find the real name: OT, but: no, "pwd -P" (pwd, the shell built-in) does. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html