bash "cd" bug when pathname has 3+ periods

Sergey Okhapkin sos@prospect.com.ru
Thu Jul 10 01:08:00 GMT 1997


Daniel J. Barrett wrote:
> 
> 	In Bash 1.14.7(2) under Windows 95, the Bash command "cd"
> exhibits incorrect behavior.  This bug does not occur in bash compiled
> for UNIX.
> 
> 	Run "cd" with a pathname that does not exist, and whose last
> component is 3 or more periods.  Here are some examples:
> 
> 	cd ...
> 	cd /....
> 	cd /foo/bar/.....
> 

Try the same with command.com's cd :-) It's a feature of win95...

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