Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000505155813.18291.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:58:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: Re: A simple one. CYGWIN_98 - 4.10 (BASH false error message) (secon d time newbie bug report) To: "Diel, Robert" , "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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" 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, > > cd /bin/ls.exe > BASH.EXE: cd: bin/ls.exe: is a directory > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com