VERY SERIOUS rmdir bug
marc at homer.UUCP
marc at homer.UUCP
Tue Aug 5 09:50:00 AEST 1986
>>To demonstrate the bug, do this:
>>
>>$ mkdir foo foo/bar
>>$ rmdir foo/bar/../bar
>>(rmdir will cough along the lines of "foo/bar/../bar not removed")
>
>This seems to be another variant on the:
>
> $ mkdir foo
> $ cd foo
> $ rmdir `pwd`
>
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try this one:
$ mkdir foo
$ cd foo
$ (cd ..; rmdir foo)
then try
$ pwd
$ l
$ cd ..
this is great fun!
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marc brumlik
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