Hello,
I have found a bug in Bash:
/opt/foobar$
/opt/foobar$ rmdir ../foobar/
/opt/foobar$
With the above, one can see I deleted the directory 'foobar/' from
within the directory itself. What one can also see is that after I
deleted the directory, I was still in it according to Bash.
On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:00:32 +1100, Nikolas Kallis n...@nikolaskallis.com
wrote:
Hello,
I have found a bug in Bash:
/opt/foobar$
/opt/foobar$ rmdir ../foobar/
/opt/foobar$
With the above, one can see I deleted the directory 'foobar/' from
within the directory itself. What one
This is to do with the way Linux handles open file descriptors. It is not a
bug in bash, it is expected (and anticipated) behaviour.
Chris
On 19 February 2013 14:00, Nikolas Kallis n...@nikolaskallis.com wrote:
Hello,
I have found a bug in Bash:
/opt/foobar$
/opt/foobar$ rmdir
Hi,
Please don't break threads by replying to individuals, it destroys the flow
of conversation :-)
I completely disagree that this would be an improvement to bash. It goes
against convention and the principle of least astonishment. It is very
un-Unix.
Chris
On 19 February 2013 22:56, Nikolas
On 2/19/13 10:09 AM, Chris Down wrote:
Bash can be improved by making it check for changes on each return.
If you think this is true, use the existing mechanisms to test your
hypothesis.
PROMPT_COMMAND='cd $PWD || cd ${PWD%/*}'
will do much of what you say you want. You can modify that to
On 20 February 2013 01:20, Nikolas Kallis n...@nikolaskallis.com wrote:
Please don't break threads by replying to individuals, it destroys the flow
of conversation :-)
What do you mean?
You just did it again. You're replying to my e-mail address and *not* the
general list. Please don't do
