🚀 go-pugleaf

jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:

> 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).

Happens on MS-DOS 5.0/4dos too.
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