> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> when using 'mkdir' to create a directory on an ext3 filesystem, a regular
> file is created instead of the directory.
Had you by any chance done something a little like this
(which can produce similarly odd results - not sure about
quite the same ones).
Shell 1 Shell 2
======= =======
cd ~
cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
rmdir foo
mkdir .variable
Or more confusingly
Shell 1 Shell 2
======= =======
cd ~
cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
rmdir foo
mkdir foo
mkdir .variable
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