From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262834AbTDNLkY (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:40:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262982AbTDNLkY (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:40:24 -0400 Received: from [196.41.29.142] ([196.41.29.142]:61177 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262834AbTDNLkX (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:40:23 -0400 Subject: Re: PROBLEM: mkdir on ext3 creates regular file instead of directory From: Martin Schlemmer To: Ken Moffat Cc: Russell Nash , KML In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1050320861.4059.14.camel@workshop.saharact.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 14 Apr 2003 13:47:41 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 13:23, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Russell Nash wrote: > > > [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. > > > > > > > Linux version 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 (root@voyager) (gcc version 3.2.2) #2 Sat > > Apr 5 20:58:27 EST 2003 > > > > > > > [6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the > > problem (if possible) > > > > cd > > rm -rf .variable > > mkdir .variable > > cd .variable > > > > Russell, mkdir is working fine here (assorted linuxfromscratch > boxen), with what look to be similar versions of the main software. The > command appears to be part of fileutils (or coreutils), maybe you'll do > better asking on the gentoo lists. > Works fine here on my 1.2 (gcc-2.95.3) and 1.4 (gcc-3.2.2). 1.2 box: 2.4.20-win4lin-r1 1.4 box: 2.4.19-gentoo-r9 2.4.20 vanilla 2.5.67-bk3 Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Cape Town, South Africa