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From: lovesexy@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Michael Todd Glazier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Bizarre BSDi problem with dir names!
Date: 4 Feb 1995 04:14:34 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan
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[ Article crossposted from info.bsdi.users,comp.sys.bsd ]
[ Author was Michael Todd Glazier ]
[ Posted on 4 Feb 1995 04:11:14 GMT ]
To begin with, we're running BSDi on a Pentium system.
We've been having this strange problem for a long time, and I just can't
figure it out. I'm a little embarrased to say I have no clue...
For some reason the system won't resolve directories properly. For example,
if you run emacs in a subdir of a home dir, it won't see it because the
system passes an extra / in the dir name. So it passes ~lovesexy//work
which emacs interprets as /work, so dir does not exist.
In addition, the system passes the same to a program like pine, so when
pine goes to lock a folder, which the system says is at
/usr/people/lovesexy//mail/sent-mail.lock, pine goes for
/mail/sent-mail.lock and pukes.
I also noticed the same behavious in new aliases that are added to
etc/aliases, and other programs run being passed the extra /. Alot of
programs seem to survive it, but others choke.
Any idea what might be up? :)
Michael Todd Glazier ~ lovesexy@[umich.edu|lovesexy.com]
Sensual Architect ~ http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~lovesexy/
O-+-> ~
lovesexy \'l*v-sek-se-\ aj : The perfect union of Love & Sex
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Michael Todd Glazier ~ lovesexy@[umich.edu|lovesexy.com]
Sensual Architect ~ http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~lovesexy/
O-+-> ~
lovesexy \'l*v-sek-se-\ aj : The perfect union of Love & Sex