Re: cp fails in this symlink case, kernel 2.4.25, reiserfs + ext2

[Andreas Schwab]

Martin Rode <martin.rode@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 21:16, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
>> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 12:35, Martin Rode wrote:
>> > 5) cp fails
>> > apu:/home/martin/tmp/bug# (cd alpha/beta; cp ../latest/myfile .)
>> > cp: cannot stat `../latest/myfile': No such file or directory
>> 
>> When you cd to alpha/beta, your current directory is really
>> .../tmp/bug/beta.  Your shell may remember that you got there through
>> the symlink in alpha, but cp will follow .., which is really bug.
>
> Bug in "cp", "bash" or in the kernel fs-layer? 

Neither.

Andreas.

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