From: Dave Pearson Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: File utils are crap? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:17:51 GMT Organization: Hagbard's World (A Private Internet Host) Lines: 55 Sender: usenet AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Message-ID: References: <32B9752D DOT 5A86 AT cs DOT pdx DOT edu> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Ian Romanick wrote: [SNIP ls antics] > Is it just me, or is there something quite wrong with all of this? It's not just you, I just tried it as well and the same thing happens here. I think it's to do with the "magic" /dev directory. I did you're tests with a /dev directory and it did the same as you, I renamed the directory to /eev and it worked correctly. Try this one as well (using touch): D:\>mkdir foo D:\>mkdir dev D:\>touch foo\x D:\>dir foo Volume in drive D is DATA Serial number is E5C6:A815 Directory of D:\foo\* 20/12/96 5:08p . 20/12/96 5:08p .. 20/12/96 5:08p 0 x 0 bytes in 1 file and 2 dirs 0 bytes allocated 145,047,552 bytes free D:\>touch dev\x D:\>dir dev Volume in drive D is DATA Serial number is E5C6:A815 Directory of D:\dev\* 20/12/96 5:04p . 20/12/96 5:04p .. 0 bytes in 0 files and 2 dirs 145,047,552 bytes free D:\>dir x. Volume in drive D is DATA Serial number is E5C6:A815 Directory of D:\x. 20/12/96 5:11p 0 x 0 bytes in 1 file and 0 dirs 0 bytes allocated 145,047,552 bytes free A bug with the "magic" /dev directory support perhaps? -- Take a look in Hagbard's World: | w3ng - The WWW Norton Guide reader. http://www.acemake.com/hagbard | ng2html - The NG to HTML converter. Also available in the UK: | eg - Norton Guide reader for OS/2. http://www.hagbard.demon.co.uk | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.