I am wondering what the difference between cd / and cd // is.
I am prompted to ask the question after encountering the following shell session:
Code:
[root@stardot forum]# cd //
[root@stardot //]# pwd
//
[root@stardot //]# ls
bin boot dev etc home initrd lib lost+found misc mnt opt proc root sbin selinux sys tmp usr var
[root@stardot //]# cd ////
[root@stardot /]# cd /
[root@stardot /]# ls
bin boot dev etc home initrd lib lost+found misc mnt opt proc root sbin selinux sys tmp usr var
[root@stardot /]# cd //
[root@stardot //]# ls
bin boot dev etc home initrd lib lost+found misc mnt opt proc root sbin selinux sys tmp usr var
[root@stardot //]# pwd
//
[root@stardot //]# cd ..
[root@stardot //]# pwd
//
[root@stardot //]# cd /./
[root@stardot /]# ls -lasd //
4 drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Sep 30 12:02 //
[root@stardot /]#
I think you will quickly see what I am getting at...
TIA
Will*