Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/05/05/10:56:55
This has been reported before, the bug is in bash and it is the error message
wording that is incorrect. `is a directory' should read `is not a directory'.
Earnie.
--- "Diel, Robert" <RDiel AT wmsgaming DOT com> wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
> A false error message exists in the built in CD command in bash. If you
> change directory to a file, it says the file is a directory. For example,
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> cd /bin/ls.exe
> BASH.EXE: cd: bin/ls.exe: is a directory
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> I took a quick look at the source code, and didn't see anything obvious. It
> might have to do with someone, cd, falsely setting the ENOEXEC flag, but I
> am not quite sure. I don't have time right now to look into it, but if it
> is needed I can look into it further tonight. I know this is a nitpicking
> little problem, but considering how far y'all have advanced, even in the
> last year, any little problem makes this product look less professional then
> it actually is. Thank you,
> Robert
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