Article View: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Article #8003Re: LABEL/directory confusion - genuine bug in MSDOS 6.0 ?
From: Joe Morris
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 16:00
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 16:00
19 lines
1542 bytes
1542 bytes
ianst@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples) writes: >I found this by accident, the following sequence of commands was >deliberately used to confirm the bug (note: assumes PROMPT is $p$g): >cd \ ;get yourself into the drive root >md xyz ;make a directory, any name will do >cd xyz ;get into it >md xyz ;make a subdirectory with the same name > ;but *don't* change into it >label a: abcdefgh ;any legal name will do - you *do* have > ;a disk in drive a: don't you? ;-) >Now have a close look at your prompt - if you have the bug too, it >will read C:\XYZ\XYZ> instead of the expected C:\XYZ> Cute! I just confirmed it; I'm running MS-DOS 6.2 (US flavor). Joe Morris / MITRE
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<jcmorris.762278419@mwunix>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!agate!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!newsflash.mitre.org!mwunix!jcmorrisReferences:
<CLtt1E.Lvv@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f6aa,adccdfccfe3eda50 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6aa,public X-Google-Thread: 10d683,adccdfccfe3eda50 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-02-26 08:00:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!agate!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!newsflash.mitre.org!mwunix!jcmorris From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,aus.computers.ibm-pc Subject: Re: LABEL/directory confusion - genuine bug in MSDOS 6.0 ? Date: 26 Feb 94 16:00:19 GMT Organization: The MITRE Corporation Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <jcmorris.762278419@mwunix> References: <CLtt1E.Lvv@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mwunix.mitre.org Keywords: subdirectory,label,bug