From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: rm -rf -> Circular directory structure 6 Aug 1997 20:49:07 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199708061334.XAA06600.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <199708060919.LAA15850@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Christoph Kukulies writes: >I'm having a weird problem under NT 4.0 (I remember to >have seen this with b17 and NT3.51 also): > >D:\>rm -rf somedir >rm: WARNING: Circular directory structure. >This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system. >NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER. >Cycle detected: >somedir/FOO/FOO >is the same file as >somedir This is because the algorithm that cygwin uses to compute inode numbers just hashes the file name (or something like that) rather than actually figuring out a properly unique number. When you get a hash collision, `rm' gets confused. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".