Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site enea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!enea!ber From: ber@enea.UUCP (Bjorn Eriksen) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs,net.unix Subject: Problem with patch and infinit directories Message-ID: <792@enea.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 20:23:30 EST Article-I.D.: enea.792 Posted: Thu Jan 10 20:23:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:16:41 EST Reply-To: ber@enea.UUCP (Bjorn Eriksen) Organization: ENEA DATA, Sweden Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.sources.bugs:150 net.unix:3235 I just used 'patch' on a diff but didn't notice that the diff referred to subdirectories that I didn't have. Patch creates a subdirectory .orig and somehow it started to create them recursivly, .orig/.orig/.orig/..., until I guess a "filname too long" error. The problem is now how do I get rid of .orig without redo the filesystem? A "rm -rf .orig" fails. This is 4.2BSD. -- Bjorn Eriksen ENEA DATA Sweden UUCP: {decvax,philabs}!mcvax!enea!ber ARPA: decvax!mcvax!enea!ber@berkeley.arpa mcvax!enea!ber@seismo.arpa