Norton Allen wrote: > Elfyn McBratney wrote: >> >>> Are you saying it's a feature? If so, a feature of cygwin or >>> of Windows? Under the Windows Command Prompt, cd " " does not >>> complain, and leaves you in the current directory as you >>> describe, but dir " " gives an error. This is certainly >>> not how it works under other OSes. >> >> >> I'm pretty sure it's a feature of SUSv3... Or one of the other POSIXy >> standards. >> >> However I've been working for hours so my brain is fried and may be >> spewing out random recollections '-) > > FWIW, I've just tested on Linux (of some flavor) and OpenBSD, > and neither thinks ' ' is a directory. > > In any event, I'd like to figure out whether it's a bug or > a feature under Cygwin so I can move forward.
It's a bug/feature in Windows. Trying to manipulate such a directory in an ordinary cmd shell or in explorer produces spurious error messages and/or silent failiures. I.e. it falls into the same category as 'aux' and 'foo...' - file names which Windows simply won't do. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
