Not finding hidden files in root directory

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) lhall@rfk.com
Fri Nov 17 09:28:00 GMT 2000


Looks like a 1.1.5 concoction.  In 1.1.4 its fine but it goes bad by 
1.1.5-2...

Larry


At 12:16 PM 11/17/2000, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>Looks like a general problem, although I'm not sure exactly where its from.
>Try:
>
>cd /
>touch .a
>
>and you'll see what I mean.  But:
>
>cd ~
>touch /.a
>
>works fine.  ls -a / works without complaint as well.
>
>Larry
>
>
>
>At 11:44 AM 11/17/2000, Mathis Severin wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >I just installed version 1.1.5-7; fresh install, nothing on the machine
> >before. Starting bash, it does not find hidden files (starting with .) in my
> >root directory. In any other directory, it works fine. When removing the
> >file '.afile', then no remark about any hidden file can be seen.
> >
> >Following a short description of the situation. Does somebody has an idea
> >what I am doing wrong?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Severin Mathis
> >
> >===============================================
> >-----begin of command sequence-----
> >(sm@NT[/])# ls
> >READMEopengl-1.1.0-2.txt  cygwin.ico                setup.log.full
> >bin/                      etc/                      tmp/
> >c/                        home/                     usr/
> >cygnus.bat*               lib/                      var/
> >cygnus.ico                sbin/
> >cygwin.bat*               setup.log
> >(sm@NT[/])# ls -a
> >ls: .afile: No such file or directory
> >ls: .bashrc: No such file or directory
> >ls: .bash_history: No such file or directory
> >./                        cygnus.ico                sbin/
> >../                       cygwin.bat*               setup.log
> >READMEopengl-1.1.0-2.txt  cygwin.ico                setup.log.full
> >bin/                      etc/                      tmp/
> >c/                        home/                     usr/
> >cygnus.bat*               lib/                      var/
> >(sm@NT[/])# cd /home/Temp
> >(sm@NT[/home/Temp])# ls -a
> >./             .afile         .bashrc        b.txt
> >../            .bash_history  a.txt
> >(sm@NT[/home/Temp])# 
> >-----end of command sequence-----
> >
> >-----begin output of cygcheck-----
> >(sm@NT[/home])# cygcheck -svr
> >
> >Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> >Current System Time: Fri Nov 17 17:37:13 2000
> >
> >WinNT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 3
> >
> >Path:   .
> >         /usr/bin
> >         /usr/local/bin
> >         /c/program files/Inprise/AppServer/bin
> >         /c/WINNT/system32
> >         /c/WINNT
> >         /c/Program Files/DeskView/System
> >         /c/Program Files/DeskView/DeskInfo
> >         /c/WIN32APP/ORANT/BIN
> >         /cygdrive/i/Zslib/bin
> >         /cygdrive/i/Tuxedo/Bin
> >         .
> >         /c/TUXEDO/bin
> >         /c/WINNT/System32/WBEM
> >         /c/temp
> >         /c/PROGRA~1/Borland/Delphi4/Bin
> >         /c/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/COMMON/MSDEV98/BIN
> >         /c/Utils
> >
> >SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
> >WinDir: C:\WINNT
> >
> >PWD = `/home'
> >MAKE_MODE = `UNIX'
> >HOME = `/home'
> >
> >NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
> >PROMPT = `$P$G'
> >LOGONSERVER = `\\NB'
> >OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;'
> >TZ = `CET-1CDT'
> >COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
> >!C: = `C:\Cygnus'
> >SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:'
> >HOSTNAME = `NT'
> >PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0502'
> >PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD'
> >COMPUTERNAME = `NT'
> >CLASSPATH = `C:\Win32app\Exceed\hcljrcsv.jar;C:\Win32app\Exceed\;'
> >WINDIR = `C:\WINNT'
> >USERPROFILE = `C:\WINNT\Profiles\sm'
> >EMACSHOME = `H:\progra~1\Emacs'
> >PS1 = `($USERNAME@$HOSTNAME[${PWD}])# '
> >TUXDIR = `I:\Tuxedo'
> >SMS_LOCAL_DIR_USER = `C:\WINNT'
> >LS_COLORS = `ln=07;34:di=01;36:'
> >MACHTYPE = `i686-pc-cygwin'
> >PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 5 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel'
> >OS = `Windows_NT'
> >INPUTRC = `/etc/inputrc'
> >USERLANG = `EN'
> >OLDPWD = `/home/Temp'
> >LANGCODE = `D'
> >PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
> >TEMP = `/c/TEMP'
> >PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6'
> >SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT'
> >TMP = `/c/TEMP'
> >HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
> >UXSRV = `hp'
> >SHLVL = `1'
> >HOMEPATH = `\'
> >USERDOMAIN = `SLCHDEV'
> >SYSTEMLANG = `EN'
> >ULOGPFX = `C:\TEMP\ULOG\ULOG'
> >USERNAME = `sm'
> >SHELL = `/bin/sh'
> >HOSTTYPE = `i686'
> >OSTYPE = `cygwin'
> >TERM = `cygwin'
> >SMS_LOCAL_DIR = `C:\WINNT'
> >_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
> >
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
> >   (default) = `/cygdrive'
> >   cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
> >   (default) = `C:/Cygnus'
> >   flags = 0x00000002
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/c
> >   (default) = `C:'
> >   flags = 0x00000002
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/home
> >   (default) = `C:\User'
> >   flags = 0x00000002
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
> >   (default) = `C:/Cygnus/bin'
> >   flags = 0x00000002
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
> >   (default) = `C:/Cygnus/lib'
> >   flags = 0x00000002
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
> >
> >a:  fd           N/A    N/A
> >c:  hd  NTFS    8032Mb  49% CP CS UN PA FC     SWISSLIFE
> >d:  cd           N/A    N/A
> >g:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
> >h:  net NTFS   868883Mb  36% CP CS UN PA        sm$
> >i:  net NTFS   868883Mb  36% CP CS UN PA        Apps$
> >j:  net NTFS     902Mb  42% CP CS UN PA FC     CE_BOOT
> >k:  net NTFS   153600Mb  58% CP CS UN PA        transfer
> >q:  net NTFS   128000Mb  97% CP CS UN PA        zs
> >r:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
> >x:  net NTFS   128000Mb  97% CP CS UN PA        zslib
> >y:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
> >
> >C:\Cygnus\bin  /usr/bin  user    binmode
> >C:\Cygnus\lib  /usr/lib  user    binmode
> >C:\Cygnus  /        user    binmode
> >C:\User  /home    user    binmode
> >C:    /c       user    binmode
> >
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\bash.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\cat.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\cpp.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\find.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\gcc.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\gdb.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\ld.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\ls.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\make.exe
> >Found: C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\Delphi4\Bin\make.exe
> >Warning: C:\Cygnus\bin\make.exe hides
> >C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\Delphi4\Bin\make.exe
> >Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\sh.exe
> >
> >    82k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:56
> >    18k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 4:26
> >    14k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 21:02
> >    83k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
> >    35k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
> >    45k 2000/10/22 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 1:06
> >   119k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:58
> >    53k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:55
> >   426k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:57
> >   299k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:54
> >    34k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:55
> >   162k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:40
> >   402k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:30
> >     5k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >    10k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:30
> >   243k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 3:14
> >   639k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
> >    41k 2000/10/28 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/28 20:45
> >    45k 2000/10/28 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/28 20:47
> >    49k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:22
> >   609k 2000/11/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
> >                   "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/11 7:49
> >     Cygwin DLL version info:
> >         dll major: 1001
> >         dll minor: 5
> >         dll epoch: 19
> >         dll bad signal mask: 19005
> >         dll old termios: 5
> >         dll malloc env: 28
> >         api major: 0
> >         api minor: 30
> >         shared data: 3
> >         dll identifier: cygwin1
> >         mount registry: 2
> >         cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> >         cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> >         program options name: Program Options
> >         cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> >         cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> >         cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> >         cygdrive default prefix:
> >         build date: Sat Nov 11 01:49:33 EST 2000
> >         shared id: cygwin1S3
> >
> >Use -h to see help about each section
> >(sm@NT[/home])#
> >-----end output of cygcheck-----
> >
> >
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