Re: extra slash in current path
Alessandro Suardi <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:17:54 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:14 PM, yuyichao-mit <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is like this: > > $ cd / > $ pwd > / > > $ cd / > $ pwd > // > > $ cd /// > $ pwd > / > > Why can there be a extra slash (and exactly one) in current path? Is > this designed on purpose? > This is not really a big deal but I think it can confuse some program. Multiple consecutive slashes should not confuse any program. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_03_266 --alessandro "There's always a siren singing you to shipwreck" (Radiohead, "There There")