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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: 3b1:  files winding up in the wrong directory
Message-ID: <764@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 10:00:32 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.764
Posted: Wed Nov 18 10:00:32 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 07:41:03 EST
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Lines: 29
Keywords: twilight zone; very weird problem


Hi,

The first few times it happened I attributed it to my silliness or
something, but I think I am encountering inexplicable gremlins.

It seems that every now and again files wind up stuck in /etc/lddrv
when they should be someplace else.  Here's what happens:

I am logged in as wtm.  I am in ksh, lint-ing a file, proj.c in
~wtm/cfiles.  Lint leaves a bunch of .o files in /etc/lddrv, with
permission 666 and owned by root, with group users.

I am logged in as wtm.  I am in ksh, view-ing a file in
/usr/local/src.  Mail comes in, so I click the envelope with the
mouse.  It is a rather long letter, and it scrolls to fast to read.
I figure I'll save it an look at it later, when I've got more time,
so I hit "s" figuring it'll go into ~wtm/mobx.  Wrong, it goes into
/etc/lddrv/mbox, with permission 666, owner root, group root.

I did sync;sync;sync;fsck -y.  Nothing unusual like a bad link or
such is reported.  The only message I got was the usual couple of
"POSSIBLE FILE SIZE ERROR in ..." messages.

What gives?  I get nervous when strange things start happening in
the directory where the drivers live!!

Bill
(wtm@noeucom.UUCP)