On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, aoc2 wrote:
>
> does anyone have an idea why i'm getting this error?
> it turns up when i'm logged in as a non-root user and works
> fine otherwise.
>
> [aoc2@vii local]$ cd back*
> bash: back*: No such file or directory
>
> [aoc2@vii local]$ cd b*
> bash: b*: No such file or directory
>
> [aoc2@vii local]$ cd backgrds
>
> [aoc2@vii backgrds]$
>
What are the permissions on your current directory? It is possible that
you do not have read permission on 'local' so you can't get a directory
listing (and so bash cannot expand wildcards), but since you have execute
permission on 'backgrds' you can still cd to it.
--
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.
-- Addison Mizner and Oliver Herford, "The Entirely
New Cynic's Calendar", 1905
