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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-26 00:37:06 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-26 00:37:06 +0000
commit01d43ab29c5618b38c41c75e5b155afc5b05f1dd (patch)
treeb3543c61a16271eb382ee68f04b4bc10769e6240 /share/man/man1/cd.1
parent79664bbfef78e407d77f500003f78b59577ca8b6 (diff)
Some share/man fleshing.
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diff --git a/share/man/man1/cd.1 b/share/man/man1/cd.1
index 466c9e8b3e8..cbda50ff14c 100644
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: cd.1,v 1.8 2000/03/19 19:25:21 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cd.1,v 1.9 2000/10/26 00:37:02 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cd.1,v 1.2 1994/11/30 08:34:59 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ar directory
-is an absolute or relative pathname which becomes the new working
-directory.
+is an absolute or relative pathname which becomes the new working directory.
The interpretation of a relative pathname by
.Nm
depends on the
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ environment variable (see below).
.Pp
Note that
.Nm
-is implemented as a built-in command in all shells and not as a stand-alone
-program.
+is implemented as a built-in shell command and not as a stand-alone program.
Because each process has its own working directory, a separate
.Nm
utility would have no effect (it would change the directory and exit,
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ Please consult the manual for your specific shell.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
+command exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm cd :