Yes, this all is probably expected, but I'll post it here anyway, just in case.
$ mkdir /tmp/n $ cd /tmp/n $ rmdir /tmp/n $ mkdir /tmp/n $ pwd /tmp/n $ touch k touch: cannot touch `k': No such file or directory $ touch /tmp/n/k $ dash sh: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory $ pwd $ exit $ bash shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory $ pwd pwd: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory $ exit $ ls . $ ls -l total 0 $ ls -la total 0 $ ls -la . total 0 $ ls -la $PWD total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 jidanni jidanni 60 2009-09-12 01:55 . drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 440 2009-09-12 01:55 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 jidanni jidanni 0 2009-09-12 01:55 k
