From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] moving directories in svr2
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:04:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2Ow6fP3-B+TeuEOKMVQ8CxuDXAXKijSHCRvm_e+8G=fvA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A26707C7-C43E-4A52-9405-B442C9412989@iitbombay.org>
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 11:59 AM Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> wrote:
> To expand on this a bit, the “cd ..” case can be handled by not storing a
> ..
> link in a dir. in the first place! Store the $PWD path in the u struct.
> Then
> cd .. would simply lop off the last component, if one exists. Thus .. takes
> you back only on the path you used! This also takes care of the issue with
> symlinks (& does what csh did in user code).
Which is exactly the problem ... Your solution works as a runtime fix,
sometimes. It's hardly sufficient and why I hate symlinks thank you.
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2021-12-29 16:59 Bakul Shah
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2021-12-30 3:45 Noel Chiappa
2021-12-30 4:02 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-30 16:40 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-12-30 22:31 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-31 0:43 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-31 1:00 ` Rob Pike
2021-12-31 1:45 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-31 2:23 ` Adam Thornton
2021-12-31 18:56 ` Chet Ramey
2021-12-31 3:08 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-12-31 3:23 ` Rob Pike
2021-12-31 5:16 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-12-31 5:21 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-31 5:55 ` Rob Pike
2021-12-31 13:32 ` Michael Kjörling
2021-12-31 15:53 ` Adam Thornton
2021-12-31 16:13 ` Arthur Krewat
2021-12-31 18:17 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-31 18:23 ` Larry McVoy
2021-12-31 18:37 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-31 18:29 ` Arthur Krewat
2022-01-01 0:09 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-03 13:35 ` Dan Cross
2022-01-03 20:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-03 20:45 ` Warner Losh
2022-01-03 21:15 ` Dan Cross
2022-01-03 22:26 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-03 23:10 ` Dan Cross
2022-01-04 15:45 ` Chet Ramey
2022-01-09 19:28 ` Larry McVoy
2022-01-03 23:21 ` Doug McIntyre
2022-01-03 23:37 ` Adam Thornton
2022-01-04 14:49 ` Stuart Remphrey
2022-01-03 23:44 ` Larry McVoy
2022-01-03 23:56 ` Warner Losh
2022-01-04 2:28 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-04 2:42 ` Larry McVoy
2022-01-03 22:57 ` Phil Budne
2021-12-31 5:12 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-29 19:33 Noel Chiappa
2021-12-30 3:40 ` Jay Logue via TUHS
2021-12-29 19:13 Douglas McIlroy
2021-12-29 19:37 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-29 20:15 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-29 20:42 ` Richard Salz
2021-12-29 20:58 ` Dan Cross
2021-12-29 21:20 ` Clem Cole
2021-12-30 3:15 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-29 17:12 Douglas McIlroy
2021-12-29 14:33 Will Senn
2021-12-29 15:02 ` arnold
2021-12-29 15:38 ` Will Senn
2021-12-29 15:44 ` Richard Salz
2021-12-29 16:17 ` Clem Cole
2021-12-29 16:58 ` Richard Salz
2021-12-30 5:14 ` Dan Stromberg
2021-12-30 16:22 ` Clem Cole
2021-12-30 18:02 ` John Cowan
2021-12-30 23:04 ` Richard Salz
2021-12-29 15:17 ` Clem Cole
2021-12-29 15:44 ` Will Senn
2021-12-29 16:10 ` Clem Cole
2021-12-29 16:33 ` Warner Losh
2021-12-29 16:01 ` Bakul Shah
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