Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) Newsgroups: net.bugs,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: 'mv foo ..' when . is foo Message-ID: <823@burl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 10:42:27 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.823 Posted: Sun Aug 25 10:42:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:13:14 EDT References: <256@aoa.UUCP> Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.bugs:677 net.unix-wizards:14556 Summary: I am running Sys V r2, and here is what happens when I do what you talked about as root: # mkdir foo # cd foo # touch foo # mv foo .. # pwd /emsp/rcj/test/foo # cd .. # ls -ld foo -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Aug 25 10:36 foo # cd foo mycd: foo: bad directory # So the behavior is apparently different from both your Sys V port and from 4.?BSD. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj