Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: bin/1029: weird behavior after mounting Message-ID: <199602152050.MAA21881@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1029; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1029: weird behavior after mounting Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:40:00 -0500 <<On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:22:05 -0500, mi@ALDAN.algebra.com said: > cd /cdrom > ls > [Nothing -- cdrom is not mounted] > mount /cdrom > ls > [cdrom's top-level directory printed -- Ok] > cd ports [one of the subdirectories] > ports: No such file or directory. This is as it should be, except that `ls' should probably not give you anything. It would probably work if you said `cd ./ports', given the evidence that `ls' works. The reason why this is may be made clear to you if you created a directory `foo' before mounting the cdrom. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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