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Re: directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work


On 2/2/2011 3:51 PM, marco atzeri wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>> On Feb 1 19:37, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

>>> The following fails for me (and web and list search haven't been helpful):

>>> $ mkdir ...
>>> $ cd ...
>>> $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
>>> $ ./ls.exe
>>> bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory

>>> Same with code compiled in this directory.

>>> Is this a bug or by design?

>> Works fine for me:

>>  $ uname -a
>>  CYGWIN_NT-6.1 vmbert7 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin
>>  $ cd tmp
>>  $ mkdir ...
>>  $ cd ...
>>  $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
>>  $ ./ls
>>  ls.exe

>> I tried on NTFS, Samba and NFS.

>> Corinna

> not working also here:

> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.8s(0.235/5/3) 20110130 23:04:08 i686 Cygwin

> $ ./ls.exe
> bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory

> $ ./ls
> bash: ./ls: No such file or directory

> $ ls -l
> total 128
> -rwxr-xr-x+ 1 Marco Administrators 129550 Feb  2 20:55 ls.exe

Works for me on NTFS.

    $ uname -a
    CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 GW2 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin

Conceivably, this could be a bug that might be important, but I
have to ask:

How good an idea is it to name a directory '...'?

Let me take a crack at an answer:

    About as good an idea as embedding spaces in PATH names!
    I.e, don't do it unless Mr. Bill holds a gun to your head!

Lee

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