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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man1/pwd.1 b/static/freebsd/man1/pwd.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b03d060 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man1/pwd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd Februrary 6, 2026 +.Dt PWD 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pwd +.Nd return working directory name +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl L | P +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to +the standard output. +.Pp +Some shells may provide a builtin +.Nm +command which is similar or identical to this utility. +Consult the +.Xr builtin 1 +manual page. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl L +Display the logical current working directory. +.It Fl P +Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved). +.El +.Pp +If no options are specified, the +.Fl L +option is assumed. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +Environment variables used by +.Nm : +.Bl -tag -width ".Ev PWD" +.It Ev PWD +Logical current working directory. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Show current working directory with symbolic links resolved: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ /bin/pwd +/usr/src/sys/kern +.Ed +.Pp +Show the logical current directory. +Then use +.Xr file 1 +to inspect the +.Pa /sys +directory: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ /bin/pwd -L +/sys/kern +$ file /sys +/sys: symbolic link to usr/src/sys +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr builtin 1 , +.Xr cd 1 , +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr realpath 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr getcwd 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v5 . +.Sh BUGS +In +.Xr csh 1 +the command +.Ic dirs +is always faster because it is built into that shell. +However, it can give a different answer in the rare case +that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after +the shell descended into it. +.Pp +The +.Fl L +option does not work unless the +.Ev PWD +environment variable is exported by the shell. |
