[ale] Quick LInux Quiz

[Mike Murphy]

no, on bash 2.05b at least, if you type "cd //" and then do a pwd, it 
says you are in "//", not "/", which is strange. I just tried pksh and 
tscsh, and neither do that.

If you try "cd ///", that doesn't do anything wierd though, and puts you 
in "/" as expected.

I've got to guess this is a bug of some sort. Google hasn't turned 
anything up yet, so I'm endevouring to download the source and dust off 
my c...

Mike


Jason Vinson wrote:
> isn't that the same thing as cd /?
> 
> at least that's what I see.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Mar 15, 2004, at 5:13 PM, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> 
>> Quick!  What is the effect of "cd //"?  I sure guessed wrong.
>>
>> I don't really understand what is happening when I do that on RH under 
>> bash.
>> Can anyone explain this?
>>
>> Michael
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