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From: woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan)
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Subject: df . (was: Re: It works everywhere else, but not on AIX)
Summary: You positive?
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Date: 17 Apr 91 13:51:20 GMT
References: <1991Apr16.045432.10283@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> <1991Apr16.160043.20354@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Apr16.210447.28136@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>
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In article <1991Apr16.210447.28136@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> jsalter@slo.awdpa.ibm.com (Jim Salter) writes:
>Sure enough, if the access mode for the directory doesn't have the user's
>executable bit on, df . doesn't work.  A defect has been opened.

Are you positive that this is a defect? I tried on an old Sun 3 (SunOS
4.??) last night and am pretty sure that I get the same error...
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