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[src/trunk]: src/bin/sh document OLDPWD and cd -
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/a2f3038181cd
branches: trunk
changeset: 765942:a2f3038181cd
user: christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sat Jun 11 14:37:36 2011 +0000
description:
document OLDPWD and cd -
diffstat:
bin/sh/sh.1 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diffs (72 lines):
diff -r a549228f514f -r a2f3038181cd bin/sh/sh.1
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1 Sat Jun 11 13:52:46 2011 +0000
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 Sat Jun 11 14:37:36 2011 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.99 2010/06/03 02:05:02 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.100 2011/06/11 14:37:36 christos Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
.\"
-.Dd June 2, 2010
+.Dd June 11, 2011
.Dt SH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1234,6 +1234,13 @@
.Ar directory
in the current directory name with
.Ar replace .
+If
+.Ar directory
+is
+.Sq - ,
+then she current working directory is changed to the previous current
+working directory as set in
+.Ev OLDPWD .
Otherwise if an entry for
.Ev CDPATH
appears in the environment of the
@@ -1254,14 +1261,18 @@
.Fl P
option instructs the shell to update
.Ev PWD
-with the specified directory and change to that directory.
+with the specified physical directory path and change to that directory.
This is the default.
.Pp
+When the directory changes, the variable
+.Ev OLDPWD
+is set to the working directory before the change.
+.Pp
Some shells also support a
.Fl L
option, which instructs the shell to update
.Ev PWD
-with incorrect information and to change the current directory
+with the logical path and to change the current directory
accordingly.
This is not supported.
.Pp
@@ -1479,7 +1490,7 @@
\e?) echo $USAGE; exit 1;;
esac
done
-shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
+shift $(expr $OPTIND - 1)
.Ed
.Pp
This code will accept any of the following as equivalent:
@@ -1671,7 +1682,8 @@
may be null, which cause the specified signals to be ignored.
With
.Ar action
-omitted or set to `-' the specified signals are set to their default action.
+omitted or set to
+.Sq - the specified signals are set to their default action.
When the shell forks off a subshell, it resets trapped (but not ignored)
signals to the default action.
On non-interactive shells, the
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