SUMMARY: Script or tool to show users' current working directories?

From: <Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:43:42 -0400

Pascal Van Bever suggested I try lsof.

For those of you who thought I couldn't think of a way to find my *own*
current working directory, yes, I do know the 'pwd' command. And I
didn't need the users' *starting* current working directories, their
$HOME. I did consider (briefly) re-doing all users' /etc/passwd entries
so they used ksh--ksh maintains the environment variable $PWD, which is
what I want to see, and which is visible using the 'ps e'
(BSD-compatible 'show environment' option) command.

--
   Hugh Pritchard (Tier Technologies), 202-724-4690
   D.C. Ofc of Corporation Counsel, Child Support Enforcement Division
   mailto:Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov
> From: Van Bever, Pascal [mailto:Pascal.VanBever_at_compaq.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: 'Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov'
> Subject: RE: Script or tool to show users' current working
directories?
>
> Hello Hugh,
>
> not sure if I understand you correctly...
> if you're looking for the current working directory of a
> logged in user (process) you may have a look at lsof (list open file)
> # lsof -p <pid> | grep cwd
>
> info on lsof are at
> http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/demos/ossc-v5.0/html/lsof.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov [mailto:Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov]
> Sent: Monday, 23 April 2001 15:47
> To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: Script or tool to show users' current working directories?
>
> Is there a tool, script, or code somewhere to display users' current
> working directories?
> We have an old database system (UniVerse) which relies on
> finding files
> in a user's CWD.
>
> --
>    Hugh Pritchard (Tier Technologies), 202-724-4690
>    D.C. Ofc of Corporation Counsel, Child Support Enforcement Division
>    mailto:Hugh.Pritchard_at_DC.gov
>

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