From: Andrew Simmons <andrew.simmons@xtra.co.nz>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] File server for NT
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:45:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BAEBBDAD.A37%andrew.simmons@xtra.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ae01ec77d52ccacd04fb1e41df45677@plan9.bell-labs.com>
>
> As everyone else said, when you type "pwd" your shell searches
> your path -- (. /bin) -- for the binary to run. This means it
> tries to access "./pwd" and then "/bin/pwd". The first turns into
> "/n/ajs/c/nurdge/pwd" since . is "/n/ajs/c/nurdge".
>
> You can simulate this manually by typing "./pwd; /bin/pwd".
> Also, if you typed "/bin/pwd" directly, then you wouldn't see
> any traffic.
>
Thanks, I finally understand now you've explained it in words of one
syllable. Apologies to all for being so slow. I think I should stick to
using a Mac in future.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-19 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-16 3:53 Andrew Simmons
2003-05-16 5:00 ` William K. Josephson
2003-05-16 6:03 ` William K. Josephson
2003-05-16 11:38 ` Andrew Simmons
2003-05-16 12:55 ` Russ Cox
2003-05-19 9:45 ` Andrew Simmons [this message]
2003-05-16 13:43 ` rog
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2003-05-16 9:22 Keith Nash
[not found] <andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz>
2003-05-16 0:28 ` Andrew Simmons
2003-05-16 0:28 ` Scott Schwartz
2003-05-16 1:04 ` William Josephson
2003-05-16 2:06 ` Dan Cross
2003-05-16 6:25 ` boyd, rounin
2003-05-16 13:46 ` rog
2003-05-16 13:20 ` Sam
2003-05-16 14:26 ` ron minnich
2003-05-16 15:23 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-05-16 16:02 ` Dan Cross
2003-05-19 9:46 ` boyd, rounin
2003-05-16 16:08 ` Russ Cox
2003-05-16 16:17 ` ron minnich
2003-05-16 22:07 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-05-16 23:32 ` northern snowfall
2003-05-16 22:37 ` Geoff Collyer
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