[ILUG] [OT] digital unix...

[Justin Mason]

kevin lyda said:

> oh i just don't understand this one.  this makes no sense whatsoever.
> 
> here i am on a tru65 5.1 system.  and i'm in zsh.  i type the following:
> 
>     tru64% pwd
>     /u/kevin
>     tru64% echo $PWD
>     /u/kevin
>     tru64% which pwd
>     builtin
>     tru64% sh
>     tru64# pwd
>     /kevin
>     tru64# /usr/bin/pwd
>     /kevin
>     tru64# echo $PWD
>     /u/kevin
>     tru64# exit
>     tru64% /usr/bin/pwd
>     /kevin
> 
> at no point do i change directories.  this makes no sense.  and it worked
> fine up until today.  why, why, why????

Maybe zsh exports $PWD, and /bin/sh doesn't set it. Hence the echo $PWD in
sh echos the $PWD set by zsh.

Is /kevin a symlink to /u/kevin?

--j.