directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work

[Lee Rothstein]

On 2/2/2011 3:51 PM, marco atzeri wrote:

 > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Corinna Vinschen  wrote:

 >> On Feb  1 19:37, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

 >>> The following fails for me (and web and list search haven't been 
helpful):

 >>> $ mkdir ...
 >>> $ cd ...
 >>> $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
 >>> $ ./ls.exe
 >>> bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory

 >>> Same with code compiled in this directory.

 >>> Is this a bug or by design?

 >> Works fine for me:

 >>  $ uname -a
 >>  CYGWIN_NT-6.1 vmbert7 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin
 >>  $ cd tmp
 >>  $ mkdir ...
 >>  $ cd ...
 >>  $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
 >>  $ ./ls
 >>  ls.exe

 >> I tried on NTFS, Samba and NFS.

 >> Corinna

 > not working also here:

 > $ uname -a
 > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.8s(0.235/5/3) 20110130 23:04:08 i686 Cygwin

 > $ ./ls.exe
 > bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory

 > $ ./ls
 > bash: ./ls: No such file or directory

 > $ ls -l
 > total 128
 > -rwxr-xr-x+ 1 Marco Administrators 129550 Feb  2 20:55 ls.exe

Works for me on NTFS.

     $ uname -a
     CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 GW2 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin

Conceivably, this could be a bug that might be important, but I
have to ask:

     How good an idea is it to name a directory '...'?

Let me take a crack at an answer:

     About as good an idea as embedding spaces in PATH names!
     I.e, don't do it unless Mr. Bill holds a gun to your head!

Lee

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