[Gllug] Filesystem root directory oddity

[John Winters]

Richard Huxton wrote:
> $ cd /; pwd; cd //; pwd; cd ///; pwd cd ////; pwd
> /
> //
> /
> /

If you invoke /bin/pwd instead of the in-built pwd you get a correct
location of "/" for every case.  AFAICR the shell's in-built pwd uses a
sort of "remember where you last moved to" strategy to produce its
results.  It looks to me like you might have tickled a small bug in your
shell.

John
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