From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Feb 15 12:50:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA21887 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA21881 Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:50:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199602152050.MAA21881@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Subject: bin/1029: weird behavior after mounting Reply-To: "Garrett A. Wollman" Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/1029; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett A. Wollman" 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 < 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