I am trying to figure out in what condition would two different cd commands lead to the same directory. For example: Under what condition do both cd /b/c/d/e and cd d/e change to the same directory?
Could someone help me with this as I do not quite understand how to figure this out.
If you create a symbolic link to directory "d" in the directory below b:
e.g.
/temp/b/c/d/e is the directory structure
cd /temp
ln -s /temp/b/c/d
now inside of temp you will have two directories, one real and one a symbolic link to d.
/temp$ ls -al
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 3 temp temp 4096 Oct 5 18:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 34 temp temp 4096 Oct 5 18:24 ..
drwxrwxr-x 3 temp temp 4096 Oct 5 18:24 b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 temp temp 20 Oct 5 18:25 d -> /temp/b/c/d
and you can do
cd b/c/d/e
or
cd d/e
and get to the same directory.