[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote, on 14 Apr 2020:
>
> It does seems to allow:
>
> (cd /; PWD=////////// pwd -L)
> //////////
> and
> (cd /home/casper; PWD=/home///////casper pwd -L)
> /home///////casper
>
>
> Is this a correct implmentation?
Yes.
> Is it *required* for the implementation to behave this way?
No. See the description of PWD under "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" on
the pwd page:
If an application sets or unsets the value of PWD, the behavior of
pwd is unspecified.
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Geoff Clare <[email protected]>
The Open Group, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX, England
