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6.\"     @(#)pwd.1	6.3 (Berkeley) 07/24/90
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8.Dd
9.Dt PWD 1
10.Os BSD 4
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm pwd
13.Nd return working directory name
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm pwd
16.Sh DESCRIPTION
17.Nm Pwd
18writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
19the standard output.
20.Pp
21The pwd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
22.Sh STANDARDS
23The pwd function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible
24.Sh SEE ALSO
25.Xr cd 1 ,
26.Xr csh 1 ,
27.Xr getwd 3
28.Sh BUGS
29In
30.Xr csh  1
31the command
32.Ic dirs
33is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
34that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
35the shell descended into it).
36