Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:39:47 -0800 (PST) From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/3025: mv to / trailed dirs prints odd error message Message-ID: <199703181939.LAA00407@morpheus.kfu.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199703181940.LAA22148@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3025 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mv to / trailed dirs prints odd error message >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 18 11:40:02 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nick Sayer >Organization: just me >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: When a directory is specified as the last argument to mv (that is, move one or more files into the directory named) and it has a trailing slash, then error messages will have two ajacent '/' characters. >How-To-Repeat: In a directory where 'kernel' does not exist: # mv kernel / mv: rename kernel to //kernel: No such file or directory Another example: # mv dlakjlkjdsalsjd /tmp/ mv: rename dlakjlkjdsalsjd to /tmp//dlakjlkjdsalsjd: No such file or directory >Fix: Perhaps a special case for moving files to directories specified with a trailing / >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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