Re: extra slash in current path

[yuyichao-mit]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Lars Täuber <taeuber@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:14:18 -0400
> yuyichao-mit <yuyichao@xxxxxxx> schrieb:
>> The problem is like this:
>>
>> $ cd /
>> $ pwd
>> /
>>
>> $ cd /
>> $ pwd
>> //
>
> didn't you mean?:
> $ cd //
> $ pwd
> //

yes, exactly.

Sorry for the typo (copy-paste~~~)

>
>
> Regards
> Lars
>
>>
>> $ cd ///
>> $ pwd
>> /
>>
>> Why can there be a extra slash (and exactly one) in current path? Is
>> this designed on purpose?
>> This is not really a big deal but I think it can confuse some program.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Yichao
>
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