From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26576 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2005 07:23:08 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Dec 2005 07:23:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 82290 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2005 07:23:02 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Dec 2005 07:23:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 9481 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2005 07:23:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 22100 Received: (qmail 9471 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2005 07:23:00 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Dec 2005 07:23:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 82009 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2005 07:23:00 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Dec 2005 07:22:59 -0000 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EoyHi-0005vg-F3 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:21:14 +0100 Received: from haugen.visit.se ([212.214.112.43]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:21:14 +0100 Received: from qha by haugen.visit.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:21:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk From: Ulrik Haugen Subject: BUG: cd '' doesn't produce an error Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:03:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87zmmvxl3g.fsf@haugen.visit.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: haugen.visit.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+jLE+Jpns5FFbxDfj8MHlSu+bzY= Sender: news Hello! I recently discovered that zsh (versions 4.2.5 and 4.3.0-dev-1) doesn't produce an error when i attempt to "cd ''" (in version 3.0.8 I get the error i expected). Please let me know if you'd like me to test any other versions. Below is an example that demonstrates the problem, I was expecting an error message and exit code from "cd ''" similar to what I get from "cd flupp". % mkdir /tmp/test % cd /tmp/test % pwd /tmp/test % cd flupp cd: no such file or directory: flupp % echo $? 1 % pwd /tmp/test % cd '' % echo $? 0 % pwd /tmp/test Is this the bug I see or is it intended to be this way? Some other shells I've tested: bash 3.00.16(1)-release: no error from cd '' /bin/sh on SunOS 5.10: expected behaviour tcsh 6.14.00: expected behaviour