"cd path" strangeness

[james bush]

In article <337 at vector.UUCP>, chip at vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
> Here is a wierd one.  In csh, move to some directory which doesn't have
> a "path" subdirectory.  Then type either "cd path" or "chdir path".
> 
> The expected response would be "path: No such file or directory."  Instead,
> no message is issued, and either you stay where you were or you move to
> $path[1]...

This is even more wierd. I tried it on our Intel Xenix system, and it worked
as you said when I did it under my login.  However, when I tried to show it 
to my friend under his id, it came up with the "expected" error message! I
am not sure what the difference is.
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