Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.sys5:471 comp.unix.wizards:9690 comp.sys.att:3668 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!rivm!ccea3 From: ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.att Subject: cpio -itv < problems Keywords: pwd .. getcwd cpio "sh: pwd: cannot open .." Message-ID: <913@rivm05.UUCP> Date: 30 Jun 88 10:32:41 GMT Organization: RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands Lines: 25 Bug: `cpio' does not work when it can't open one of it's parent directories. Repeat-by: $ id uid=104(ccea3) gid=101(cce) $ cd /tmp $ mkdir tst1; cd tst1 $ mkdir tst2; cd tst2 $ chgrp bin .. $ chown bin .. $ pwd /tmp/tst1/tst2 $ touch bugs.cpio $ cpio -itv < bugs.cpio sh: pwd: cannot open .. $ ls -ld . .. drwxr-x--- 2 ccea3 cce 32 May 31 22:04 . drwxr-x--- 3 bin bin 48 May 31 22:04 .. `cpio' should only display the contents of the file "bugs.cpio", but it can't open one of its parent directories and the file's contents will not be displayed. Has this been fixed in any release? (On System V.3.1 it still isn't.) Adri verhoef, mcvax!rivm!a3