Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:17:54 +0200 | Subject | Re: extra slash in current path | From | Alessandro Suardi <> |
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:14 PM, yuyichao-mit <yuyichao@mit.edu> wrote: > The problem is like this: > > $ cd / > $ pwd > / > > $ cd / > $ pwd > // > > $ cd /// > $ pwd > / > > Why can there be a extra slash (and exactly one) in current path? Is > this designed on purpose? > This is not really a big deal but I think it can confuse some program.
Multiple consecutive slashes should not confuse any program.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_03_266
--alessandro
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