pwd(1)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Environment Variables | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also | Diagnostics | Notes

Name

pwd– return working directory name

Synopsis

/usr/bin/pwd 

Description

The pwd utility writes an absolute path name of the current working directory to standard output.

Both the Bourne shell, sh(1), and the Korn shells, ksh(1) and ksh93(1), also have a built-in pwd command.

Environment Variables

See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of pwd: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

If an error is detected, output will not be written to standard output, a diagnostic message will be written to standard error, and the exit status will not be 0.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsu
CSI	Enabled
Interface Stability	Committed
Standard	See standards(5).

See Also

cd(1), ksh(1), ksh93(1), sh(1), shell_builtins(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

Diagnostics

``Cannot open ..'' and ``Read error in ..'' indicate possible file system trouble and should be referred to a UNIX system administrator.

Notes

If you move the current directory or one above it, pwd may not give the correct response. Use the cd(1) command with a full path name to correct this situation.

SunOS 5.11  Last Revised 2 Nov 2007

Name | Synopsis | Description | Environment Variables | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also | Diagnostics | Notes