std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) (01/08/86)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 86 22:30:26 MST From: seismo!hao!boulder!geoff@sally.UTEXAS.EDU (Geoffrey Clemm) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder In article <3921@ut-sally.UUCP> Roy Smith writes: >From: seismo!allegra!phri!roy@sally.UTEXAS.EDU (Roy Smith) >Subject: What do you call an ex-directory? (or, "it's not dead, just sleeping") >I [deleted my current directory] on a 4.2 system and got back "/" frow pwd. >The corresponding sequence on version 6, using sh instead of csh >of course, would give you "". ... >It seems to me that the version 6 answer is somehow more accurate, even if it >is not actually any more useful. On a 4.3 system, you get back : pwd: getwd: can't stat . which seems far better than either the version 6 or the 4.2 response. Geoff Clemm Volume-Number: Volume 5, Number 12