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pwd(3tcl) Tcl Built-In Commands pwd(3tcl) 





NAME


pwd - Return the absolute path of the current working
  directory






SYNOPSIS


pwd








DESCRIPTION


Returns the absolute path name of the current working
  directory.






EXAMPLE


Sometimes it is useful to change to a known directory when running
    some external command using exec, but it is important to keep the
    application usually running in the directory that it was started in (unless
    the user specifies otherwise) since that minimizes user confusion. The way
    to do this is to save the current directory while the external command is
    being run:






set tarFile [file normalize somefile.tar]
set savedDir [pwd]
cd /tmp
exec tar -xf $tarFile
cd $savedDir








SEE ALSO


file(3tcl), cd(3tcl), glob(3tcl), filename(3tcl)






KEYWORDS


working directory







  

    
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