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Re: nami misfeature, cont.

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From: stolafsft
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1982 18:16
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We fixed that one (on V7) long ago.  I vaguely remember something about a
command in /etc/rc generating a shell that attempted to read from a null
filename and ended up trying to interpret a directory.  Nasty business, that.

There's another ambiguity in the same code.  The stock code, as I recall,
accepted multiple slashes between directory names and a trailing slash
after the filename.  This doesn't fit the description of a well-formed
pathname, either.  We zapped this misfeature at the same time.
Steve Tarr
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Subject: Re: nami misfeature, cont.
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1982 18:16:31 +0000
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