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From: nsc!taux01!nsc.com!taux01!tom@sun.com (Tom Gorodecki)
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Subject: strange nfs/yp/filec bug
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Date: 11 Jan 89 14:48:15 GMT
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A Strange behavior on sun3 (3.5SunOS ) with NFS/YP server sun4/280
(4.0SunOS).  Look at the following script, done on sun3:

/ 1% echo ~shmuel                          /* An user with a         */
/users/tesec/shmuel                        /* home directory on NFS */ 

/ 2% df /users/tesec
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
tasu70:/ud70/tesec     532959  441935   37728    92%    /users/tesec

/ 3% ls ~shmuel                            /* there are few files */
bin		docs		mail		reports
man	        general	

/ 4%set filec                              /* turn the filec ON */

/ 6%ls ~shmue^[               /* ls ~shmuel using the filec. */
			      /* It make the completion fine, */
			      /* but ... NO FILES            */
/ 7%

If i change the "ls" command with "rm" , it will only recognize the
subdirectory of ~shmuel and stuck on regular files.

[[ Known bug.  Standard output gets trashed when you ask for filename
expansion on a user's home directory (~shu^[" for example), thus no
output.  Fixed in 4.0.1 (we don't have a 4.0 system, so I can't check
that).  --wnl ]]

Tom.
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