Re: cd accepting paths with trailing dots that don't exist (bash and tcsh)

2002-12-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 03:49:24PM -, Steve Fairbairn wrote: > > Corinna & All, > > After a play with a dos command prompt, I see your point. I would however > point out that there is still a difference with bash. If you have more than > one trailing . in bash, the 'directory' it puts you i

RE: cd accepting paths with trailing dots that don't exist (bash and tcsh)

2002-12-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ue them yourself, assuming, of course, that someone on this list doesn't provide you with all the details you're looking for. Larry Original Message: - From: Steve Fairbairn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:49:24 -0000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cd

RE: cd accepting paths with trailing dots that don't exist (bash and tcsh)

2002-12-10 Thread Steve Fairbairn
er a successful chdir, and so not display the dots? How come ls etc doesn't work if there is more than one trailing dot? Thanks, Steve. -Original Message- From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 December 2002 15:33 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: cd a

Re: cd accepting paths with trailing dots that don't exist (bash and tcsh)

2002-12-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 09:47:10AM -, Steve Fairbairn wrote: > I've just come across some very strange (to me at least) results with the cd > command in both bash and tcsh under cygwin (1.3.17-1). I have cut and paste > from my shell as I feel it would be easier for you to read it yourself. >