In Linux, if you cd /; pwd, cd ///; pwd or cd ////; pwd, you will always be given this result:
/
However, if you cd //; pwd, you will be given this:
//
That’s also true of cd //usr/share
//usr/share
But not true of cd //usr//share
//usr/share
/me ponders that for a moment, then gets another can of carlsberg from the fridge and goes to mow the lawn.
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June 5th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
Hmm, Solaris does this too. I wonder is it some standard Unix or POSIX thing?