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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Panic with deleted current directory...
Date: 2 Sep 1993 20:04:41 GMT
Organization: Montana Stateu University, Bozeman  MT
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Message-ID: <265jkp$89l@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
References: <CCqJKM.DD8@sugar.neosoft.com>
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In article <CCqJKM.DD8@sugar.neosoft.com>,
Peter da Silva <peter@NeoSoft.com> wrote:
>386BSD, pk0.2.4. I was working in two windows under screen, and accidentally
>deleted the directory that was the current directory for another window.
>As soon as I did something that accessed '.' in the other window, the system
>panicked.
>
>I wasn't working on the console (or even at home)at the time, so I only have
>a report of the panic. Is this a known problem? It's non-optimal behaviour.

Hmm, I've done that many many times, and not had any problems, but that's not
to say that it wouldn't happen again.  This posting is no help at all, but
just a data point to say that it shouldn't *always* panic the system.


Nate

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