> *"You might be able to avoid the need for the getcwd call at startup by > exporting PWD*" > > Sorry,would you give us more details about how to avoid the "error" message
export PWD Bash performs a check at startup in which it compares $PWD to `.' and skips the call to getcwd if the two refer to the same device and inode. File permissions may still keep you from being able to stat $PWD, but it's worth a shot. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/