Re: PATCH: cd -q (was Re: _canonical_path ...)

[Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>]

"Mikael Magnusson" wrote:
>     If the -P option is given or the CHASE_LINKS option is set,
> symbolic links are resolved to their true  values.   If the -L option
> is given symbolic links are followed regardless of the state of the
> CHASE_LINKS option.
> Intuitively this paragraph doesn't make any sense. Both options seem
> to do the same thing? (-P || CHASE_LINKS) || -L == -P || -L ||
> CHASE_LINKS

-L is the opposite of the -P (logical rather than physical).  "Followed"
 is a little unclear; it should be something like "retained", unless
someone can express it better.

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