Re: cd into // works?

From: YONETANI Tomokazu (qhwt+fbsd_at_les.ath.cx)
Date: 02/23/05

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To: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net>

    On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:19:52PM +0100, Andreas Kohn wrote:
    > due to a typo, I typed
    >
    > [klamath] ~>cd //
    >
    > today. Okay, I'm used to the shell[1] changing any // into /, so I
    > expected to get to /. Now, I got there, but pwd/$PWD still have "//" in
    > them?
    >
    > [klamath] //>pwd
    > //
    > [klamath] //>echo $PWD
    > //
    > [klamath] //>cd //home//
    > [klamath] //home>pwd
    > //home

    Hi, I may be missing your point, but it's in the bash FAQ:
      $ less "+/^POSIX.2," /usr/local/share/doc/bash/FAQ

    > I checked with Linux, and there everything works as expected:
    > [catalina] ~>cd //
    > [catalina] />pwd
    > /
    >
    > Is this expected behavior?

    This one isn't expected, or maybe the bash version is old
    (according to CHANGES file, bash-2.0.1-release is the first release
    with this change in path canonicalization).

    Cheers.
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