bash incorrect shows workdir

[nik]

Hello.
bash is working incorrect, showing not existing workdir (pwd command) when I enter command:
cd dirlink , where dirlink is symbolik link to directory.
Best regards, Nikolay

[Thomas Bechtold (toabctl)]

Hi Nikolay,

thanks for reporting this bug. I can't follow. Could you please share what you would expect when calling `pwd` ?

[nik (niknikos)]

Hi, Thomas
'pwd' , I gess, must show the same as 'ls . ' .But the mistake is in the command - line bash.( pls, see attachment)
Best regards

> Hi Nikolay,
>
> thanks for reporting this bug. I can't follow. Could you please share
> what you would expect when calling `pwd` ?
>
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> Bug description:
> Hello.
> bash is working incorrect, showing not existing workdir (pwd command) when I enter command:
> cd dirlink , where dirlink is symbolik link to directory.
> Best regards, Nikolay
>
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[nik (niknikos)]

Hi Thomas
last letter was incorrect, sorry
I gess, that bash must show real workdir, '~$' or '/home/nik$' . Command 'pwd' must show the same real work dir.
Commands 'ls 'pwd' ' and 'ls . ' I think would show the same output.

Regards

> Hi Nikolay,
>
> thanks for reporting this bug. I can't follow. Could you please share
> what you would expect when calling `pwd` ?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1934591
>
> Title:
> bash incorrect shows workdir
>
> Status in cloud-images:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hello.
> bash is working incorrect, showing not existing workdir (pwd command) when I enter command:
> cd dirlink , where dirlink is symbolik link to directory.
> Best regards, Nikolay
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1934591/+subscriptions

[Gauthier Jolly (gjolly)]

Hi Nikolay,

pwd is both a shell built-in command and a binary (provided by coreutils).

As you found out, the built-in command shows the path the user used to access the current directory, including symlinks. You can read more about this build-in command by looking in the man page for bash (just run "man bash" and look for "pwd"). This is a known feature and not a bug. To show the "real" path without the symlinks, you can either run "pwd -P" or use the binary provided the package 'coreutils': just run "/bin/pwd".

If you don't like this behaviour, feel free to modify your bash prompt. To do so, you can edit the PS1 variable in ~/.bashrc (if you use the default bashrc) and replace "\w" by "$(/bin/pwd)". For example if your prompt is set this way:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

You can modify it this way:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]$(/bin/pwd)\[\033[00m\]\$ '

Don't forget to source this file to see the changes in your current session: "source ~/.bashrc"

Best regards,
Gauthier