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[ILUG] [OT] digital unix...

[ILUG] [OT] digital unix...

kevin lyda kevin at suberic.net
Fri May 25 14:00:49 IST 2001


On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 01:07:06PM +0100, Justin Mason wrote:
> 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?

that's just it, /kevin doesn't exist.  in fact if i changed dir to any
dir with a base of /u, it would just drop the /u.

i rebooted the box and it started working again.

the word "boggle" comes to mind.

uname -a reports "OSF1 vger V5.1 732 alpha" just in case anyone else
sees this problem.

kevin

-- 
kevin at suberic.net          "Maybe one day downtrodden poo-eaters will
fork()'ed on 37058400       get a fair shake in Savage Love, but it's
meatspace place: home       not going to be today."
http://suberic.net/~kevin                 --dan savage, "savage love"




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