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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:58:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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" <RDiel AT wmsgaming DOT com>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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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,
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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