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Re: pwd and prompt don't update after deleting current working directory


From: Eduardo Bustamante
Subject: Re: pwd and prompt don't update after deleting current working directory
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:34:03 -0700

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:20 PM David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> wrote:
(...)

> Hi, I disagree, and I think if you understand better why this occurs, you
> will understand why knowledgable users will disagree, and you will
> change your opinion.
>

I concur. The requested feature changes behavior in a
backwards-incompatible way, and thus it is guaranteed to break existing
scripts. The semantics of file removal in POSIX systems is well-defined,
and users of Bash and other POSIX compliant shells should make an effort to
learn about them, instead of changing every system to match their mental
model.


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