PWD(1,C)                    AIX Commands Reference                     PWD(1,C)



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pwd



PURPOSE

Displays the path name of the working directory.

SYNTAX


pwd ---|


DESCRIPTION

The pwd command writes to standard output the full path name of your current
directory (from the root directory).  All directories are separated by a /
(slash).  The root directory is represented by the first /, and the last
directory named is your current directory.

Warning: The full path name output by pwd is constructed by following hard
(non-symbolic) links from the current working directory back to the root
directory.  This may result in a different path name being output than might
have been expected if symbolic links were involved in the original path taken
by the user or application program when changing directories.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "cd."

See the statx system call in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.






















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