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RE: bash "cd" bug when pathname has 3+ periods
- To: "gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>, "'barrett at cs dot umass dot edu'" <barrett at cs dot umass dot edu>
- Subject: RE: bash "cd" bug when pathname has 3+ periods
- From: Sergey Okhapkin <sos at prospect dot com dot ru>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:09:25 +0400
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Daniel J. Barrett wrote:
>
> In Bash 1.14.7(2) under Windows 95, the Bash command "cd"
> exhibits incorrect behavior. This bug does not occur in bash compiled
> for UNIX.
>
> Run "cd" with a pathname that does not exist, and whose last
> component is 3 or more periods. Here are some examples:
>
> cd ...
> cd /....
> cd /foo/bar/.....
>
Try the same with command.com's cd :-) It's a feature of win95...
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