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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-03-23 14:48:19 -0600
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-03-25 06:33:32 -0600
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pwd: support -L and -P
* src/pwd.c (longopts): New variable. (logical_getcwd): New function. (main): Use it. (usage): Document new options. * doc/coreutils.texi (pwd invocation): Likewise. * NEWS: Likewise. * TODO (pwd): Mark it done. * tests/misc/pwd-option: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add test. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Paul D. Smith, in savannah bug 24949.
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* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** New features
+
+ pwd now accepts the options --logical (-L) and --physical (-P). For
+ compatibility with existing scripts, -P is the default behavior
+ unless POSIXLY_CORRECT is requested.
+
** Bug fixes
cat once again immediately outputs data it has processed.