Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: bash
This complex command works
cp -v "install "* ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
Now if you do this it works
mkdir ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/testdirectory
if you try this it fails
mkdir "~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory"
you get this message
mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No
such file or directory
basically the ~ representing the home directory does not get recognized
correctly by the command interpreter.
but if you do this it works
mkdir "/home/joseph/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory"
where /home/joseph is your own home directory.
doing this doesn't work either in case you thought my syntax is wrong.
mkdir ~"/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory"
mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No
such file or directory
I discovered this bug when I started working on nautilus-scripts which
are very handy in improving the user interface. While there are work
arounds it make the scripting more difficult to program.
This bug isn't only isolated to mkdir command but other commands like
cp.
The version of bash loaded on the machine is
bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bash-bug i386
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home directory in path fail in BASH
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424083
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