CDPATH bug

[Valkanas Nikos]

Dear Sir,

 

I would like to bring your attention to a long lasting bash bug. It
exists in the most recent (3.2.15) and could reproduce it as far back as
with SUSE 9.1 (don't have the shell in front of me to verify version).
It is very reproducible:

 

DrWho:~-> echo $CDPATH

~/work:~/work/HOL

DrWho:~-> ls

Desktop  bin  opera6.html  work

DrWho:~-> cd Desktop

DrWho:~/Desktop-> cd ../

DrWho:~-> bash

Ctags are up to date

DrWho:~-> cd ./Desktop

DrWho:~/Desktop-> cd ../

DrWho:~-> sh

DrWho:~-> cd Desktop

sh: cd: Desktop: No such file or directory

DrWho:~-> echo $CDPATH

~/work:~/work/HOL

DrWho:~-> CDPATH=""

DrWho:~-> cd Desktop

DrWho:~/Desktop-> exit

Exit

DrWho:~-> which sh

/bin/sh

DrWho:~->

 

The strange thing is that sh is just a link to bash, and starting a bash
subshell works fine.

 

Thanks,

 

Nikos Valkanas 

Billing Services 

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Tel:

+30 213 000 4087 

 

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