From: Kbwms AT aol DOT com Message-ID: <1ac.184d6682.2c584461@aol.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:42:57 EDT Subject: Re: mv bug (filutils? library?) To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1ac.184d6682.2c584461_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6011 Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com --part1_1ac.184d6682.2c584461_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/29/2003 5:30:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu writes: > >>From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann) > >>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:36:07 -0500 (CDT) > >> > >>mkdir thisisalong > >>cd thisisalong > >>mkdir junk > >>mv junk junk > >> > >>This will create junk\junk\... nesting until it fails. > >> > >>If you do the test under a short name it seems to work correctly (gives > >>a message about cannot move 'junk' to a subdirectory of itself). > >> > >>I have verified this behavior under Win98 and Windows 2000 using an older > >>copy of the filutils - but I am told it is seen on newer versions as > >>well. > > > >What version fails like that? I cannot reproduce the problem with > >Fileutils 4.0 on Windows 98. > > I tried it on a Fileutils 4.0 version. At first I was unable to > reproduce the problem also. > > Maybe the parent directory needs a space included in it under Win98 > (I think the originator said that, I may have tested W98 that way, > but found Win2000 didn't need the space but did need a long name). > It fails under Windows XP. --part1_1ac.184d6682.2c584461_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 7/29/2003 5:30:04 PM Eastern Standard= Time, sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu writes:

>>From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
>>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:36:07 -0500 (CDT)
>>
>>mkdir thisisalong
>>cd thisisalong
>>mkdir junk
>>mv junk junk
>>
>>This will create junk\junk\... nesting until it fails.
>>
>>If you do the test under a short name it seems to work correctly (gi= ves
>>a message about cannot move 'junk' to a subdirectory of itself).
>>
>>I have verified this behavior under Win98 and Windows 2000 using an=20= older
>>copy of the filutils - but I am told it is seen on newer versions as=
>>well.
>
>What version fails like that?  I cannot reproduce the problem with<= BR> >Fileutils 4.0 on Windows 98.

I tried it on a Fileutils 4.0 version.  At first I was unable to
reproduce the problem also.

Maybe the parent directory needs a space included in it under Win98
(I think the originator said that, I may have tested W98 that way,
but found Win2000 didn't need the space but did need a long name).


It fails under Windows XP. --part1_1ac.184d6682.2c584461_boundary--