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Article #8007Re: LABEL/directory confusion - genuine bug in MSDOS 6.0 ?
From: Tooraj Enayati
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 22:39
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 22:39
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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). I got it happening too. But I am using MS-DOS 5.0! So I guess this bug has been with us for at least 3 major releases. Can any 3.2 and 4.0/1 users try to recreate the bug? -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Tooraj Enayati Melbourne Australia tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au
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