svn commit: r334552 - head/usr.bin/top

Eitan Adler eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jun 3 05:07:48 UTC 2018


Author: eadler
Date: Sun Jun  3 05:07:46 2018
New Revision: 334552
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/334552

Log:
  top(1): remove chdir to /
  
  While this came out of a conversation in IRC, it turn out that some
  people don't like it. Since this was a courtesy feature, just remove it.

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/top/top.c

Modified: head/usr.bin/top/top.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/top/top.c	Sun Jun  3 05:07:39 2018	(r334551)
+++ head/usr.bin/top/top.c	Sun Jun  3 05:07:46 2018	(r334552)
@@ -260,15 +260,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #define CMD_order	26
 #define CMD_pid		27
 
-    /*
-     * Since top(1) is often long running and
-     * doesn't typically care about where its running from
-     * chdir to the root to allow unmounting of its
-     * original wd. Failure is alright as this is
-     * just a courtesy for users.
-     */
-    chdir("/");
-
     /* set the buffer for stdout */
 #ifdef DEBUG
     extern FILE *debug;


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