From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Oct 27 16: 0:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BE137B479 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id QAA41634; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:00:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200010272300.QAA41634@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Salvo Bartolotta Subject: Re: misc/22356: mkdir Reply-To: Salvo Bartolotta Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/22356; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Salvo Bartolotta To: unixoid@pisem.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/22356: mkdir Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 23:57:06 GMT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/27/00, 11:05:36 PM, unixoid@pisem.net wrote regarding misc/22356: mkdir : > >Number: 22356 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: mkdir > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 27 15:10:01 PDT 2000 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: JIaMaK > >Release: FreeBSD 4.1 > >Organization: > home > >Environment: > FreeBSD 4.1 > >Description: > Sorry, i very bad speak english. You me that so have understood. > If folder is created with '-' at the beginning of its name then commands used in this folder take its name as parameter. Dear Sir or Madam, I am afraid I am missing your point. >=3D=3D=3D=3D> mkdir -- -trial # create the -trial directory # ls -l lists, inter alia, the -trial directory. >=3D=3D=3D=3D> cd "-trial" # let's cd to -trial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> pwd # where are we ? /usr/home/[...]/-trial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> touch mywildtrial # let's touch(1) a file 263 12:36am ~/-trial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> ll # "ls -l" in tcsh shell total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 [...] 0 Oct 28 00:36 mywildtrial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> vi mywildtrial /* I write the sentence "The quick brown computer jumped over the seven lazy users" (cf vilearn, in the ports collection :-) and then save the file. */ >=3D=3D=3D=3D> ll 265 12:37am ~/-trial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> ll total 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 [...] 58 Oct 28 00:37 mywildtrial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> mkdir -- -nestedtrial # A little baroque... 265 12:37am ~/-trial >=3D=3D=3D=3D> ll total 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 [...] 512 Oct 28 00:43 -nestedtrial -rw-r--r-- 1 [...] 58 Oct 28 00:37 mywildtrial I don't normally create such things; this is just an extemporaneous exercise :-) What commands are you referring to ? Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message