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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/pwd.1p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/pwd.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..807cac1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/pwd.1p @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "PWD" 1P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" pwd +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +pwd \- return working directory name +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fBpwd\fP \fB[\fP\fB-L | -P\fP \fB]\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIpwd\fP utility shall write to standard output an absolute pathname +of the current working directory, which does not +contain the filenames dot or dot-dot. +.SH OPTIONS +.LP +The \fIpwd\fP utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume +of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. +.LP +The following options shall be supported by the implementation: +.TP 7 +\fB-L\fP +If the \fIPWD\fP environment variable contains an absolute pathname +of the current directory that does not contain the +filenames dot or dot-dot, \fIpwd\fP shall write this pathname to standard +output. Otherwise, the \fB-L\fP option shall behave as +the \fB-P\fP option. +.TP 7 +\fB-P\fP +The absolute pathname written shall not contain filenames that, in +the context of the pathname, refer to files of type symbolic +link. +.sp +.LP +If both \fB-L\fP and \fB-P\fP are specified, the last one shall apply. +If neither \fB-L\fP nor \fB-P\fP is specified, the +\fIpwd\fP utility shall behave as if \fB-L\fP had been specified. +.SH OPERANDS +.LP +None. +.SH STDIN +.LP +Not used. +.SH INPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.LP +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +\fIpwd\fP: +.TP 7 +\fILANG\fP +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that +are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of +IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables +for +the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.TP 7 +\fILC_ALL\fP +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.TP 7 +\fILC_MESSAGES\fP +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard +error. +.TP 7 +\fINLSPATH\fP +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of \fILC_MESSAGES +\&.\fP +.TP 7 +\fIPWD\fP +If the \fB-P\fP option is in effect, this variable shall be set to +an absolute pathname of the current working directory that +does not contain any components that specify symbolic links, does +not contain any components that are dot, and does not contain any +components that are dot-dot. If an application sets or unsets the +value of \fIPWD\fP, the behavior of \fIpwd\fP is +unspecified. +.sp +.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS +.LP +Default. +.SH STDOUT +.LP +The \fIpwd\fP utility output is an absolute pathname of the current +working directory: +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fB"%s\\n", <\fP\fIdirectory pathname\fP\fB> +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH STDERR +.LP +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH OUTPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +.LP +None. +.SH EXIT STATUS +.LP +The following exit values shall be returned: +.TP 7 +\ 0 +Successful completion. +.TP 7 +>0 +An error occurred. +.sp +.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS +.LP +If an error is detected, output shall not be written to standard output, +a diagnostic message shall be written to standard +error, and the exit status is not zero. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +Some implementations have historically provided \fIpwd\fP as a shell +special built-in command. +.LP +In most utilities, if an error occurs, partial output may be written +to standard output. This does not happen in historical +implementations of \fIpwd\fP. Because \fIpwd\fP is frequently used +in historical shell scripts without checking the exit status, +it is important that the historical behavior is required here; therefore, +the CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS section specifically disallows +any partial output being written to standard output. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIcd\fP, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, +\fIgetcwd\fP() +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |