Re: [tlug] funny error msg

[Viktor Pavlenko <vvp@example.com>]

>>>>> "BR" == Brett Robson <b-robson@example.com> writes:

    BR> [...]

    BR> Unable to open directory . 
    BR> Reason: Directory does not exist

    BR> I am sure there is a good reason (eg permissions) for this,
    BR> but you have to wonder how it's possible . can't exist?

Sometimes simplicity of UNIX doesn't mix well with logic... If I
change to /tmp/a/ in one shell and then remove it from another, the
former shell, strangely enough, will not notice that the directory
is gone:

bash-2.05b$ pwd
/tmp/a
bash-2.05b$ ls
bash-2.05b$ 
bash-2.05b$ ls `pwd`
ls: /tmp/a: No such file or directory
bash-2.05b$ if [ -d . ]; then echo `pwd` exists; fi
/tmp/a exists
bash-2.05b$ if [ -d /tmp/a ]; then echo `pwd` exists; fi
bash-2.05b$ 

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Viktor