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directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work
- From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:37:34 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work
Hello Cygwin developers,
The following fails for me (and web and list search haven't been helpful):
$ mkdir ...
$ cd ...
$ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
$ ./ls.exe
bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory
Same with code compiled in this directory.
Is this a bug or by design?
This is from an Automake test failure, where configure failed in such a
directory because the programs produced by a compilation could not be run:
<http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7849>.
I would like to know whether we can close the bug as wontfix (and skip the
test in question on Cygwin) due to system limitations.
Thanks for maintaining Cygwin!
Ralf
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