Re: PROBLEM: mkdir on ext3 creates regular file instead of directory

From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel (linux-kernel@alex.org.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 05:26:13 EST

> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> when using 'mkdir' to create a directory on an ext3 filesystem, a regular
> file is created instead of the directory.

Had you by any chance done something a little like this
(which can produce similarly odd results - not sure about
quite the same ones).

Shell 1 Shell 2
======= =======

cd ~
                                        cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
                                        rmdir foo
mkdir .variable

Or more confusingly

Shell 1 Shell 2
======= =======

cd ~
                                        cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
                                        rmdir foo
                                        mkdir foo
mkdir .variable 

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Alex Bligh
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