pwd reports bogus info when cwd has been rmdir-ed.

thoth@purplefrog.com
Thu, 01 Apr 1999 17:54:23 -0500


[1.] pwd reports bogus info when cwd has been rmdir-ed.

[2.]

[3.] pwd, rmdir

[4.] 2.2.4

[5.] no oops

[6.]

cairo:1 $ uname -a
Linux cairo.purplefrog.com 2.0.36 #3 Tue Jan 26 20:37:00 EST 1999 i486 unknown
cairo:2 $ mkdir blah
cairo:3 $ cd blah
cairo:4 $ rmdir ../blah
cairo:5 $ pwd
pwd: getwd: cannot access parent directories

saqqara:44 $ uname -a
Linux saqqara.purplefrog.com 2.2.4 #1 Tue Mar 30 20:53:32 EST 1999 i586 unknown
saqqara:45 $ mkdir blah
saqqara:46 $ cd blah
saqqara:47 $ rmdir ../blah
saqqara:48 $ pwd
pwd: Pa

pwd reports random garbage. I have seen it cough up non-ASCII (8th bit
set).

[7.] RedHat 5.2

[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)

-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux saqqara.purplefrog.com 2.2.4 #1 Tue Mar 30 20:53:32 EST 1999 i586 unknown
Kernel modules 2.1.121
Gnu C 2.7.2.3
Binutils 2.9.1.0.15
Linux C Library ..
ldd: unrecognized option `-v'
Try `ldd --help' for more information.
ls: /usr/lib/libg++.so: No such file or directory
Procps 1.2.9
Mount 2.8a
Net-tools (1999-01-01)
Kbd 0.96
Sh-utils 1.16

[7.2.]
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 8
model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 300.691350
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mmx 3dnow
bogomips : 599.65

[7.3.]
es1371 23144 0 (unused)
soundcore 2100 4 [es1371]
3c509 5372 1
nls_cp437 3548 2 (autoclean)

[7.4.]
Attached devices: none

[7.5.]

-- 
Bob Forsman                                   thoth@gainesville.fl.us
           http://www.gainesville.fl.us/~thoth/

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