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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:42:41 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Not finding hidden files in root directory
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"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> 
> Looks like a general problem, although I'm not sure exactly where its from.
> Try:
> 
> cd /
> touch .a
> 
> and you'll see what I mean.  But:
> 
> cd ~
> touch /.a
> 
> works fine.  ls -a / works without complaint as well.

Yep. Seems to be an error in the path conversion routines. I'm just
investigating...

Corinna

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