The reason this happens is fairly obvious: zinc $ pwd /usr/local/lib/qt3
zinc $ ls -l total 30232 : lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 Apr 4 15:55 lib -> . : i.e. lib is a symlink to the directory it is in. The rest of the behaviour follows from this. As to whether there should be this symlink... Marc? Thanks Tom >>> Karel Kulhavy 9-Aug-06 10:17 >>> > > Bug in OpenBSD 3.9? > > [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/usr/local/lib/qt3/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib$ > cd lib; cd .. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/lib$ > > Shouldn't the correct answer be > [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/usr/local/lib/qt3/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib$ > ? > > If you do cd subdir; cd .. I guess you should end up in the same > working directory as before. Not with a symlink like this. > CL<