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Subject: Re: Directory named "." created at /: seems to have happened during  update
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On 01.03.2010 16:24, Fergus wrote:
> ...
> >> Are you sure the directory name is really "."?
>
> Yes. I tried various mechanisms for testing this such as
>
> dir ". "
> rename ". " "mydir"
>
> etc all to  no avail. And also I see the / after the listing:
>
> ls -al /m
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x  14 fergus ver_1.5    0 Jan  1  1970 ./
> drwxr-xr-x  14 fergus ver_1.5    0 Jan  1  1970 ./
> drwxr-xr-x  15 fergus ver_1.5    0 Jan  1  1970 ../
> <etc etc>
These are not safe checks. I've got weird directory names created myself 
which contained control characters that rendered invisible...

Do either of:
     ls | od -ab
or
     ls | od -t ax1
or
     ls > ls
and inspect the output with a binary-transparent editor (e.g. mined :) )

Thomas

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