Message "foo: is a directory" with "foo" execuatable on path and "foo" subdir

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From: Brian Fox
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 18:41

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   Posted-Date: 12 Jun 89 16:14:01 GMT
   Date: 12 Jun 89 16:14:01 GMT
   From: milano!perseus!rcp@cs.utexas.edu  (Rob Pettengill)
   Organization: MCC Software Technology Program
   Sender: bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu

   Running SunOS 3.5 and bash 0.99 ...

   I first found this problem with "mail" (I have a directory called
   "mail").  It appears that for any command called "foo" on my path, if
   I have a subdirectory called "foo", then I get the message "foo": is a
   directory. 

   Example:

   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 47=> which xsrbm
   /usr/stp/rcp/bin/xsrbm
   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 48=> mkdir xsrbm
   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 49=> xsrbm
   xsrbm: is a directory
   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 50=> rmdir xsrbm
   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 51=> xsrbm
   if: Missing file name.
   perseus:/usr/stp/rcp 52=>

   ;rob

This is a bug from versions earlier than .95.  Are you sure you are
using .99?  I cannot recreate this bug.

Brian Fox

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