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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:18:14 -0500
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On 02/02/2011 04:13 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote:
> 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 '...'?
It's a supported directory name in that it is allowed. As such, if not 
working, it a bug. This is regardless if it's a good idea or not.
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?


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