ls bug

[Road Warrior <warrior_road at hotmail dot com>]

Hello Cygwin Folk -

I don't remember if I've posted this before, but this issue that looks bug-like to me has been bothering me for years now. I figured it must be fixed in the latest cygwin so I just updated everything today, but still no go. I looked in the FAQ and searched mailing lists, but I didn't see mention of this; point me to the right place if it's already been discussed.

Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally. This can be pretty frustrating, since one is inclined to believe what ls says:?

Here's an example. Nothing in the directory is changing, I'm just hitting "ls" over and over.

C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>which ls
/usr/bin/ls
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls -l /usr/bin/ls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 stefan root 128526 2010-03-18 22:06 /usr/bin/ls
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
I'm using a Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 3) command prompt above, but it happens in bash too (perhaps less frequently):

bash-3.2$ ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
bash-3.2$ ls
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
bash-3.2$ ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of, but I went through and updated all packages when I updated today.

Have other people seen this too? Can I provide more information on my system?

- Stefan 		 	   		  
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