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diff --git a/tcl8.6/doc/pwd.n b/tcl8.6/doc/pwd.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31d378f --- /dev/null +++ b/tcl8.6/doc/pwd.n @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH pwd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +pwd \- Return the absolute path of the current working directory +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBpwd\fR +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +Returns the absolute path name of the current working directory. +.SH EXAMPLE +.PP +Sometimes it is useful to change to a known directory when running +some external command using \fBexec\fR, but it is important to keep +the application usually running in the directory that it was started +in (unless the user specifies otherwise) since that minimizes user +confusion. The way to do this is to save the current directory while +the external command is being run: +.PP +.CS +set tarFile [file normalize somefile.tar] +set savedDir [\fBpwd\fR] +cd /tmp +exec tar -xf $tarFile +cd $savedDir +.CE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +file(n), cd(n), glob(n), filename(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +working directory |