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@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: pwd.n,v 1.3.18.1 2004/10/27 14:23:57 dkf Exp $ -'\" -.so man.macros .TH pwd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME @@ -16,17 +14,18 @@ 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 minimises user +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] @@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ cd /tmp exec tar -xf $tarFile cd $savedDir .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" file(n), cd(n), glob(n), filename(n) - .SH KEYWORDS working directory |