On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Stephan van Ingen <stephanvanin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I hope this is the correct way to report a bug (as explained > here<http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Reporting-Bugs.html> > ). > > *The version number of Bash*: 4.2.45(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) > *The hardware and operating system*. Laptop System76 Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM > CPU @ 2.30GHz × 8 with Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtale) > *The compiler used to compile Bash*. *dunno* :/ but maybe enough > information by dependies shown in attached dpkg-pbash.txt > *A description of the bug behaviour*. > I can not change directory to a directory starting with two dashes > > *A short script or ‘recipe’ which exercises the bug and may be used to > reproduce it*: > *See this command line log:* > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ uname -a > Linux in-laptop3 *3.8.0-23-generic* *#34-Ubuntu* SMP Wed May 29 20:22:58 > UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *echo $SHELL* > /bin/bash > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *bash --version* > GNU bash, version 4.2.45(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) > Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html >> > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *ls -l* > total 15130844 > -rw-r--r-- 1 stephanbosal stephanbosal 7746568704 jul 2 09:22 smsboot.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 stephanbosal stephanbosal 7747397632 jul 3 09:02 > smsboot_mbr.bin > drwxrwxr-x 3 stephanbosal stephanbosal 4096 jul 3 11:31 * > --SMSBOOT-sources-* > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *cd --SMSBOOT-sources-/* > bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [dir] > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *cd \-\-SMSBOOT-sources-/* > bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [dir] > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ *cd \\-\\-SMSBOOT-sources-/* > bash: cd: \-\-SMSBOOT-sources-/: No such file or directory > stephanbosal@in-laptop3:~/Downloads/Win8$ > > > Best regards! > Stephan, > > -- > Stephan van Ingen > http://stephanvaningen.net > -- > Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
This is a classic problem, quoting doesn't help because the quotes are removed by the shell before calling the command. cd \-dir is the same thing as cd -dir. On the other hand if you do cd \\-dir it tries to find '\-dir' which doesn't exist. The 2 workarounds are: cd -- -dir # -- tells cd that there are no more -options cd ./-dir # add a dirname that doesn't start with -
