NAME
     pwd - display the pathname of the current working directory

SYNOPSIS
     pwd

DESCRIPTION
     pwd prints the pathname of the working (current) directory.

     If you are using csh(1), you can use the dirs  builtin  com-
     mand  to  do  the same job more quickly; but dirs can give a
     different answer in the rare case that the current directory
     or  a  containing  directory  was moved after the shell des-
     cended into it.  This is because pwd searches  back  up  the
     directory  tree  to  report  the true pathname, whereas dirs
     remembers the pathname from the  last  cd(1)  command.   The
     example below illustrates the differences.

          example% cd  /usr/wendy/january/reports
          example% pwd
          /usr/wendy/january/reports
          example% dirs
          ~/january/reports
          example% mv ~/january ~/february
          example% pwd
          /usr/wendy/february/reports
          example% dirs
          ~/january/reports
          example%

     pwd and dirs also give different  answers  when  you  change
     directory through a symbolic link.  For example:
          example% cd  /usr/wendy/january/reports
          example% pwd
          /usr/wendy/january/reports
          example% dirs
          ~/january/reports
          example% ls -l /usr/wendy/january
          lrwxrwxrwx  1 wendy          17 Jan 30  1983 /usr/wendy/january -> /usr/wendy/1984/jan/
          example% cd  /usr/wendy/january
          example% pwd
          /usr/wendy/1984/jan
          example% dirs
          /usr/wendy/january

     The pathnames of files mounted with the Automounter can also
     change  if  the file is not used for a certain time interval
     (the default is five minutes).  To  prevent  this,  set  the
     environment  variable  AUTOMOUNT_FIXNAMES.  See automount(8)
     for more information.


SEE ALSO
     cd(1), csh(1), automount(8)