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	[[~~File:~~pwd.~~png\|~~[[~~File:pwd.png\|250px~~\|~~thumb~~]]]]		'''[[pwd]]''' is the [[POSIX]] (a standard for [[Unix-like]] systems) command for "print working directory." This is for [[Command Line Interface\|command line interfaces]], where file browsing is the core component of most [[Shell (computing)\|shells]]. Thus, this command means "tell me what folder I'm in" in plain English. It has been used in most of [[Videlectrix]]'s text adventures, as a secret command to show your location in a POSIX directory style.
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	~~<div class=~~"~~magnify~~">		Like more consumer-centric operating systems, most Unix-like systems use [[User (computing)\|user accounts]], and give them their own personal directory. This folder is called the "home directory" on such systems, and POSIX uses ~ (a tilde) as a shorthand to use when inputting a directory. A username can follow this ~, pointing to said user's directory (for example, ~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass points to the "Mountain Pass" folder in the home directory of the user "peasantsquest"). However, in the real world, the ~ is primarily used by itself (that is, without a user name following it) to refer to the current user's home directory, as accessing another user's home directory is restricted or denied.

	~~[[File:pwd.png\|[[File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]]]~~		== Appearances ==

	</~~div>~~		* [[Thy Dungeonman II]] — ~''X''dungeonman/DUNGEON/CELL
	The ~~working directory is~~ ''~~printed~~''~~, man.~~		** The ''X'' is the first letter of the name you give at the start of the game
			* [[Peasant's Quest]] — ~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass
			* [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — Wastes of time/Dumb Games/Dungeonman 3/Yon Dungeon

	~~</div>~~		== See Also ==

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	'''[[pwd]]''' is the [[POSIX]] (a standard for [[Unix-like]] systems) command for "print working directory." This is for [[Command Line Interface\|command line interfaces]], where file browsing is the core component of most [[Shell (computing)\|shells]]. Thus, this command means "tell me what folder I'm in" in plain English. It has been used in most of [[Videlectrix]]'s text adventures, as a secret command to show your location in a POSIX directory style.

	Like more consumer-centric operating systems, most Unix-like systems use [[User (computing)\|user accounts]], and give them their own personal directory. This folder is called the "home directory" on such systems, and POSIX uses <code>~</code> (a tilde) as a shorthand to use when inputting a directory. A username can follow this <code>~</code>, pointing to said user's directory (for example, <code>~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass</code> points to the "Mountain Pass" folder in the home directory of the user "peasantsquest"). However, in the real world, the <code>~</code> is primarily used by itself (that is, without a user name following it) to refer to the current user's home directory, as accessing another user's home directory is restricted or denied.

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	* [[Thy Dungeonman II]] — <code>~</code>''<code>X</code>''<code>dungeonman/DUNGEON/CELL</code>
	** The ''<code>X</code>'' is the first letter of the name you give at the start of the game
	* [[Peasant's Quest]] — <code>~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass</code>
	* [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — <code>Wastes of time/Dumb Games/Dungeonman 3/Yon Dungeon</code>

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	* [[Linux]]		* [[Linux]]
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'''[[pwd]]''' is the [[POSIX]] (a standard for [[Unix-like]] systems) command for "print working directory." This is for [[Command Line Interface|command line interfaces]], where file browsing is the core component of most [[Shell (computing)|shells]]. Thus, this command means "tell me what folder I'm in" in plain English. It has been used in most of [[Videlectrix]]'s text adventures, as a secret command to show your location in a POSIX directory style.

Like more consumer-centric operating systems, most Unix-like systems use [[User (computing)|user accounts]], and give them their own personal directory. This folder is called the "home directory" on such systems, and POSIX uses <code>~</code> (a tilde) as a shorthand to use when inputting a directory. A username can follow this <code>~</code>, pointing to said user's directory (for example, <code>~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass</code> points to the "Mountain Pass" folder in the home directory of the user "peasantsquest"). However, in the real world, the <code>~</code> is primarily used by itself (that is, without a user name following it) to refer to the current user's home directory, as accessing another user's home directory is restricted or denied.

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* [[Thy Dungeonman II]] — <code>~</code>''<code>X</code>''<code>dungeonman/DUNGEON/CELL</code>
** The ''<code>X</code>'' is the first letter of the name you give at the start of the game
* [[Peasant's Quest]] — <code>~peasantsquest/Mountain Pass</code>
* [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — <code>Wastes of time/Dumb Games/Dungeonman 3/Yon Dungeon</code>

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* [[Linux]]

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