[Bug 265624] bin/pwd default behavior according to man page like -P but is like -L
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 08:41:15 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=265624
Bug ID: 265624
Summary: bin/pwd default behavior according to man page like -P
but is like -L
Product: Base System
Version: 12.3-STABLE
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: pascalullrich@web.de
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE #1 r371380
From man pwd:
"If no options are specified, the -P option is assumed."
My tests show that the -L option is assumed.
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp]$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 ullrich ullrich 512 3 Aug. 17:13 abc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ullrich ullrich 3 3 Aug. 17:13 def -> abc
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp]$ cd abc
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/abc]$ pwd
/home/ullrich/tmp/abc
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/abc]$ pwd -L
/home/ullrich/tmp/abc
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/abc]$ pwd -P
/home/ullrich/tmp/abc
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/abc]$ cd ../def
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/def]$ pwd
/home/ullrich/tmp/def
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/def]$ pwd -L
/home/ullrich/tmp/def
[ullrich@bsd106 ~/tmp/def]$ pwd -P
/home/ullrich/tmp/abc
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