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Re: A simple one. CYGWIN_98 - 4.10 (BASH false error message) (secon d time newbie bug report)


On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:58:13AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>This has been reported before, the bug is in bash and it is the error message
>wording that is incorrect.  `is a directory' should read `is not a directory'.

I think that Paul Sokolovsky's analysis is correct, actually.  The errno mapping
is probably wrong.  I see the same thing with 'zsh'.

Now that I actually know about this, I'll fix it.

cgf

>--- "Diel, Robert" <RDiel@wmsgaming.com> wrote:
>> To whom it may concern,
>>     A false error message exists in the built in CD command in bash.  If you
>> change directory to a file, it says the file is a directory.  For example,
>> 
>> cd /bin/ls.exe
>> BASH.EXE:  cd: bin/ls.exe: is a directory
>> 
>> I took a quick look at the source code, and didn't see anything obvious.  It
>> might have to do with someone, cd, falsely setting the ENOEXEC flag, but I
>> am not quite sure.  I don't have time right now to look into it, but if it
>> is needed I can look into it further tonight.  I know this is a nitpicking
>> little problem, but considering how far y'all have advanced, even in the
>> last year, any little problem makes this product look less professional then
>> it actually is.  Thank you,

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