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From: marc@homer.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: VERY SERIOUS rmdir bug
Message-ID: <-932157@homer>
Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 19:50:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: homer.-932157
Posted: Mon Aug  4 19:50:00 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Aug-86 05:52:49 EDT
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Nf-From: homer.UUCP!marc    Aug  4 18:50:00 1986


>>To demonstrate the bug, do this:
>>
>>$ mkdir foo foo/bar
>>$ rmdir foo/bar/../bar
>>(rmdir will cough along the lines of "foo/bar/../bar not removed")
>
>This seems to be another variant on the:
>
>	$ mkdir foo
>	$ cd foo
>	$ rmdir `pwd`
>
>/* End of text from homer:net.unix-wizar */

try this one:
	$ mkdir foo
	$ cd foo
	$ (cd ..; rmdir foo)
then try
	$ pwd
	$ l
	$ cd ..

this is great fun!

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						marc brumlik

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