Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.sys5:475 comp.unix.wizards:9853 comp.sys.att:3756 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!cygnet!will From: will@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Will Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: cpio -itv < problems Summary: The problem is with your directory permissions. Unless you are a member of group bin, which is unlikely, you must chmod o+rx the directory. Keywords: pwd .. getcwd cpio "sh: pwd: cannot open .." Message-ID: <761@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> Date: 13 Jul 88 22:52:06 GMT References: <913@rivm05.UUCP> Organization: Cygnet Systems -- Sunnyvale, Ca Lines: 34 In article <913@rivm05.UUCP>, ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef) writes: > 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 See the Summary. -- Will Nelson uucp: {decvax!decwrl}!pyramid!oliveb!cygnet!will Cygnet Systems, Inc. 601 West California Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4831 (408) 773-0770