Re: pwd or shell prompt doesn't update after renaming a parent dir

[Chet Ramey]

> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     suppose there is a dir called "1" when i'm in it and i use "mv ../1
> ../44" command for example, mv does the job. but nor pwd or shell prompt
> does not show the change until i go back to the parent of "1" directory.

By default, bash uses a logical view of the file system, in which $PWD
and pwd report the current directory using the path used to get there.
If you don't want bash to do that by default, use `set -o physical' or
`pwd -P'.  `pwd -P' will show the true physical path, but not modify
$PWD.

If you want bash to re-evaluate its idea of the current working
directory, which is reflected in $PWD, you have to force that
reevaluation.  Bash doesn't and can't know that the directory path has
changed underneath it.  You can use `cd .' to force bash to recompute
the current directory path if you change parent directories. 

Chet

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