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'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\"
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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'\"
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.TH pwd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
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.so man.macros
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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pwd \- Return the absolute path of the current working directory
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpwd\fR
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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Returns the absolute path name of the current working directory.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.PP
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Sometimes it is useful to change to a known directory when running
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some external command using \fBexec\fR, but it is important to keep
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the application usually running in the directory that it was started
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in (unless the user specifies otherwise) since that minimizes user
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confusion. The way to do this is to save the current directory while
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the external command is being run:
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.PP
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.CS
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set tarFile [file normalize somefile.tar]
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set savedDir [\fBpwd\fR]
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cd /tmp
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exec tar -xf $tarFile
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cd $savedDir
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.CE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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file(n), cd(n), glob(n), filename(n)
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.SH KEYWORDS
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working directory
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