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I always thought it meant “present working directory”. Typing it out, I should’ve known that’s incorrect
by navanchauhan 6y ago
I always thought it meant “present working directory”.
Typing it out, I should’ve known that’s incorrect
- 3np 6y agoWhy would that be incorrect? Still makes sense.
- theobeers 6y agoIt makes sense enough—I also assumed that pwd stood for "present working directory"—but the more that I think about it, "present" and "working" are almost redundant. i.e., by "working directory," I would understand "the directory in which I'm currently working."
- ben_w 6y agoPresent as in past/present/future would be redundant, but present as in presentation would not be. That said, when I first learned of it, the pronunciation of “present” was as in past/future.
- 3np 6y agoAh, now that you say that - I guess the minority response "process" would be the most accurate.
- twic 6y agoThe name "current working directory" is used (eg /proc/self/cwd), and that meaning makes just as much sense.