Re: pushd/popd/dirs for es

[kelsey@mdd.comm.mot.com (Joe Kelsey)]

I go along with Noah on this issue.  If you want /bin/pwd, use
/bin/pwd explicitly.  I personally prefer the ksh attitude of keeping
symlinks intact and having the shell interpret .. textually rather
than always following the hard link.  In practice, this causes
virutally zero problems unless someone  unknowingly uses the facility
and doesn't follow the rules, such as the stray PWD variable in one of
the counter-examples.

I suggest that the objectors give it a fair trial (meaning *try* to
use it for at least a week--and I mean give up your prejudiced notions
and really try to use it) and then report back on your experiences.  I
think that your conclusions might come out differently.

/Joe