> $ while true;do echo -n >.;./cat</dev/null|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat;done > ...................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > .....................................................bash: ./cat: No such file or >directory > .................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > >..................................................................................bash: > ./cat: No such file or directory > .............................................................................bash: >./cat: No such file or directory > ........^C
Sorry for being too certain about symlinks and pointing in the wrong direction! I have got the same behaviour even with a statically linked cat binary, no symlinks at all... No, I cannot reproduce that on a local file system. But it reliably breaks on coda. Regards, -- Ivan
