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SunOS confusing root directory and user home directory
Sam, In fact, $cwd and $PWD are returning the same result. Both return the same false path - for example, "/home/staff/myuser/etc". But there´s another thing I forgot to mention. If I run "pwd", this yields: "/home/staff/myuser/etc" (false). But if I run "/bin/pwd", this yields: "/etc"...- egyassun
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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SunOS confusing root directory and user home directory
Hi Sam, Excuse me for this long time without answering. I discovered that my problem was due to a highly customized prompt with csh shell. set prompt="`uname -n | cut -f1 -d"." `\\!`whoami`($GROUP,$NCID,$VIEW)@../$cwd:t[\!] " That explains ... but if you still want some additional info...- egyassun
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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SunOS confusing root directory and user home directory
Hello, I´ve just started using a Solaris machine with SunOS 5.10. After the machine is turned on, I open a Console window and at the prompt, if I execute a pwd command, it tells me I´m at my home directory (someone configured "myuser" as default user after init)...- egyassun
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
