From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists/zsh/users/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: cd, pwd and symlinks
Date: 27 Sep 1999 20:47:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5l7llbg8v5.fsf@tequila.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <990928001116.ZM17774@candle.brasslantern.com>
>> I must say I don't like the names and defaults. The names give the
>> impression that chasing links is a very unusual feature while it's the
>> normal unix behavior.
> It's not, however, the normal zsh behavior, and has not been for a very long
> time. It may even date back to a specific personal preference of Falstad's;
> I don't recall for certain now.
That's indeed what I'm complaining about. The default behavior is very
non-unixish which is surprising for a unix-only tool.
> "pwd" is nothing more than a slightly fancified alias for "echo $PWD", and
> PWD does not get reset every time zsh prints a prompt (unless you do it in
> your precmd function). Rather, it gets reset every time you "cd".
But how hard would it be to have `pwd' do a stat("$PWD") and stat(".")
and compare the inode to make sure the current $PWD is still valid ?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-28 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-27 8:51 Hubert Canon
1999-09-27 13:02 ` Adam Spiers
1999-09-27 13:34 ` Hubert Canon
1999-09-27 13:42 ` Adam Spiers
1999-09-30 19:05 ` Adam Spiers
1999-09-27 23:05 ` Stefan Monnier
1999-09-28 0:11 ` Bart Schaefer
1999-09-28 0:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
1999-09-29 1:11 ` Rob Windsor
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