directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work

Wed Feb 2 21:18:00 GMT 2011

On 02/02/2011 04:13 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote:
> On 2/2/2011 3:51 PM, marco atzeri wrote:
>> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >> On Feb 1 19:37, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>> >>> The following fails for me (and web and list search haven't been 
> helpful):
>> >>> $ mkdir ...
> >>> $ cd ...
> >>> $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
> >>> $ ./ls.exe
> >>> bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory
>> >>> Same with code compiled in this directory.
>> >>> Is this a bug or by design?
>> >> Works fine for me:
>> >> $ uname -a
> >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 vmbert7 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010年08月31日 09:58 i686 Cygwin
> >> $ cd tmp
> >> $ mkdir ...
> >> $ cd ...
> >> $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
> >> $ ./ls
> >> ls.exe
>> >> I tried on NTFS, Samba and NFS.
>> >> Corinna
>> > not working also here:
>> > $ uname -a
> > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.8s(0.235/5/3) 20110130 23:04:08 i686 Cygwin
>> > $ ./ls.exe
> > bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory
>> > $ ./ls
> > bash: ./ls: No such file or directory
>> > $ ls -l
> > total 128
> > -rwxr-xr-x+ 1 Marco Administrators 129550 Feb 2 20:55 ls.exe
>> Works for me on NTFS.
>> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 GW2 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010年08月31日 09:58 i686 Cygwin
>> Conceivably, this could be a bug that might be important, but I
> have to ask:
>> How good an idea is it to name a directory '...'?
It's a supported directory name in that it is allowed. As such, if not 
working, it a bug. This is regardless if it's a good idea or not.
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