Cygwin BASH 20.1 Bug Report

[David M Knight <David.M.Knight@aexp.com>]

Attached please find a test script (test.bash) and two log files (solaris.log 
and cygwin.log). These files illustrate a problem I have encountered with the 
20.1 release.   Basically, I use directory names with certain 
non-meta-character symbols to act as "separators" important to one of my 
software products.   With all Unix bash implementations I have used, this 
works fine.  Under the Cygwin BASH 20.1, directories with embedded "%" chars 
work for some commands and not for others.  For example, the Directory AMEX% 
is troublesome for the "touch" and "cp" commands, but works fine with mkdir, 
ls, mv and rm.   Redirection to a pathname containing a directory name with an 
embedded "%" also fails.  Tests for these problems are in the test.bash and 
the log files show the output from Solaris and Cygwin BASH implementations. 

Good luck - I really hope you can fix this as I'd really like to use 
Cygwin/BASH as a platform for my product: /BriefCase(tm) Release 3 - an 
advanced Software Configuration Management toolkit for Unix/Linux platforms.   
see the webpage at http://www.applied-cs-inc.com, if you are interested.   
It's an OpenSource/GPL distribution and the "%" chars (or  +, -,=) are used to 
separate parts of  "project work area replica" directories and to control lock 
integrity across multiple replicas and client hosts.  Project Replica 
directory names consist of the project name and replica-name, e.g.:  
"BCdev%enhancements" or "BCdev%bug37" with an optional trailing separator 
(e.g. "BCdev%bug37%") to enable cross-clienthost lock integrity.  /BriefCase 
file-revision lock keys are a composite of the user-name, replica-name and, 
optionally, client-hostname.

Thanks! 

Dave Knight, Pres. 
Applied Computer Sciences, inc.
 dmk@applied-cs-inc.com


              






set -xv
mkdir TEST%
ls -l TEST%
touch TEST%/zot  # NG
ls -l > xx
mv xx TEST%/zot  # OK
ls -l TEST%
ls -l > TEST%/boo  # NG
ls -l TEST%
cp TEST%/zot TEST%/boo1
ls -l TEST%
mv TEST%/zot TEST%/boo2
ls -l TEST%
rm TEST%/boo*
ls -l TEST%
Script started on Wed May 26 16:28:25 1999
sh-2.02$ 
sh-2.02$ 
sh-2.02$ test.bash
mkdir TEST%
++ mkdir TEST%
mkdir: Failed to make directory "TEST%"; File exists
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 0
touch TEST%/zot  # NG
++ touch TEST%/zot
ls -l > xx
++ ls -l
mv xx TEST%/zot  # OK
++ mv xx TEST%/zot
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 10
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 zot
ls -l > TEST%/boo  # NG
++ ls -l
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 20
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4694 May 26 16:28 boo
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 zot
cp TEST%/zot TEST%/boo1
++ cp TEST%/zot TEST%/boo1
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 30
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4694 May 26 16:28 boo
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 boo1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 zot
mv TEST%/zot TEST%/boo2
++ mv TEST%/zot TEST%/boo2
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 30
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4694 May 26 16:28 boo
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 boo1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      develop     4751 May 26 16:28 boo2
rm TEST%/boo*
++ rm TEST%/boo TEST%/boo1 TEST%/boo2
ls -l TEST%
++ ls -l TEST%
total 0
sh-2.02$ exit

script done on Wed May 26 16:28:43 1999
Script Started: Wed May 26 16:12:37 1999
./test.bash
mkdir TEST%
+ mkdir TEST%
mkdir: cannot make directory `TEST%': File exists
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 0
touch TEST%/zot  # NG
+ touch TEST%/zot
touch: TEST%/zot: No such file or directory
ls -l > xx
+ ls -l
mv xx TEST%/zot  # OK
+ mv xx TEST%/zot
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      users        1032 May 26 16:12 zot
ls -l > TEST%/boo  # NG
+ ls -l
./test.bash: cannot create TEST%/boo: directory nonexistent
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      users        1032 May 26 16:12 zot
cp TEST%/zot TEST%/boo1
+ cp TEST%/zot TEST%/boo1
cp: TEST%/zot: No such file or directory
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      users        1032 May 26 16:12 zot
mv TEST%/zot TEST%/boo2
+ mv TEST%/zot TEST%/boo2
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 1
-rw-r--r--   1 dmk      users        1032 May 26 16:12 boo2
rm TEST%/boo*
+ rm TEST%/boo2
ls -l TEST%
+ ls -l TEST%
total 0

Script ended Wed May 26 16:13:01 1999

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