std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) (01/06/86)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 86 19:14:39 est 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") This may fall more into the category of a trivia question rather than something that demands being standardized, but here goes anyway. Try the following: % mkdir temp % cd temp % csh % cd .. % rmdir temp % exit % pwd I just did that on my 4.2 system and got back "/". If I remember correctly, the corresponding sequence on version 6, using sh instead of csh of course, would give you "". Is there a standard for what getwd() should return in the face of an error? Should there be (i.e. is it worth it)? It seems to me that the version 6 answer is somehow more accurate, even if it is not actually any more useful. Roy Smith <allegra!phri!roy> System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Volume-Number: Volume 5, Number 8