git: 24b95c5ece3d - stable/15 - pwd: Clean up and adopt POSIX semantics
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:58:01 UTC
The branch stable/15 has been updated by des:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=24b95c5ece3d4bdf49887ee6e7f795038958c66c
commit 24b95c5ece3d4bdf49887ee6e7f795038958c66c
Author: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-10 14:29:04 +0000
Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-15 08:57:46 +0000
pwd: Clean up and adopt POSIX semantics
According to POSIX, the default should be -L. Based on code history,
whoever first wrote BSD pwd(1) could not figure out how to implement
-L and therefore made -P the default (and only) option. Support for -L
was later added, but the default was never changed.
Clean up the code, make -L the default, and rewrite getcwd_logical() to
reject paths that contain dot or dot-dot, as required by POSIX.
MFC after: 1 week
Reviewed by: olce
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55146
(cherry picked from commit 2df923c5d2d02350abc29f61b603c5b9615b225c)
---
bin/pwd/pwd.1 | 4 +--
bin/pwd/pwd.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bin/pwd/pwd.1 b/bin/pwd/pwd.1
index ce81e443d98e..8b03d060bc8e 100644
--- a/bin/pwd/pwd.1
+++ b/bin/pwd/pwd.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 22, 2023
+.Dd Februrary 6, 2026
.Dt PWD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).
.El
.Pp
If no options are specified, the
-.Fl P
+.Fl L
option is assumed.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables used by
diff --git a/bin/pwd/pwd.c b/bin/pwd/pwd.c
index a49c638b1dee..f626a2236c02 100644
--- a/bin/pwd/pwd.c
+++ b/bin/pwd/pwd.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 1991, 1993, 1994
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -31,40 +32,74 @@
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
#include <err.h>
-#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-static char *getcwd_logical(void);
-void usage(void);
+static char *
+getcwd_logical(void)
+{
+ struct stat log, phy;
+ char *pwd, *p, *q;
+
+ /* $PWD is set and absolute */
+ if ((pwd = getenv("PWD")) == NULL || *pwd != '/')
+ return (NULL);
+ /* $PWD does not contain /./ or /../ */
+ for (p = pwd; *p; p = q) {
+ for (q = ++p; *q && *q != '/'; q++)
+ /* nothing */;
+ if ((*p == '.' && q == ++p) ||
+ (*p == '.' && q == ++p))
+ return (NULL);
+ }
+ /* $PWD refers to the current directory */
+ if (stat(pwd, &log) != 0 || stat(".", &phy) != 0 ||
+ log.st_dev != phy.st_dev || log.st_ino != phy.st_ino)
+ return (NULL);
+ return (pwd);
+}
+
+static char *
+getcwd_physical(void)
+{
+ static char pwd[MAXPATHLEN];
+
+ return (getcwd(pwd, sizeof(pwd)));
+}
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: pwd [-L | -P]\n");
+ exit(1);
+}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- int physical;
- int ch;
- char *p;
+ char *pwd;
+ int opt;
+ bool logical;
- physical = 1;
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "LP")) != -1)
- switch (ch) {
+ logical = true;
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "LP")) != -1) {
+ switch (opt) {
case 'L':
- physical = 0;
+ logical = true;
break;
case 'P':
- physical = 1;
+ logical = false;
break;
- case '?':
default:
usage();
}
+ }
argc -= optind;
argv += optind;
-
if (argc != 0)
usage();
@@ -72,40 +107,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
* If we're trying to find the logical current directory and that
* fails, behave as if -P was specified.
*/
- if ((!physical && (p = getcwd_logical()) != NULL) ||
- (p = getcwd(NULL, 0)) != NULL)
- printf("%s\n", p);
+ if ((logical && (pwd = getcwd_logical()) != NULL) ||
+ (pwd = getcwd_physical()) != NULL)
+ printf("%s\n", pwd);
else
err(1, ".");
-
exit(0);
}
-
-void __dead2
-usage(void)
-{
-
- (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: pwd [-L | -P]\n");
- exit(1);
-}
-
-static char *
-getcwd_logical(void)
-{
- struct stat lg, phy;
- char *pwd;
-
- /*
- * Check that $PWD is an absolute logical pathname referring to
- * the current working directory.
- */
- if ((pwd = getenv("PWD")) != NULL && *pwd == '/') {
- if (stat(pwd, &lg) == -1 || stat(".", &phy) == -1)
- return (NULL);
- if (lg.st_dev == phy.st_dev && lg.st_ino == phy.st_ino)
- return (pwd);
- }
-
- errno = ENOENT;
- return (NULL);
-}