From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: interesting problem with "find" 11 Nov 1997 21:08:20 -0800 Message-ID: <199711120457.PAA03929.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <2.2.32.19971111190941.0095dcb4@ma.ultranet.com> To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Larry Hall writes: >Bartlee A. Anderson wrote: >>I've noticed a similar problem with rm. >>In directories with structure something/yada/yada/other/... >>rm -rf will tell you that you have a circular directory structure and to >>notify your administrator, it is almost certainly corrupt. >>You have to remove from the second yada and then once it's gone, the >>original command will work. Yuck. > >The problem with rm is because the algorithm cygwin32 has for generating >inode numbers does not guarantee unique values. In the UNIX world, these >values must be unique. If they aren't, it indicates the file system is >corrupt. This is why this message occurs for rm. An explanation of this >should be in the FAQ by now. > >This is NOT the same issue as the find problem. Are you sure? I think `find' might be confused by the non-unique inode numbers, just as `rm' is. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".