Re: Bug, feature or just the correct behaviour (stat'ing -bash down the PATH)

On 6/2/15 9:08 AM, Wheatley, Martin R wrote: > $ echo $PATH > /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/dt/bin:/home/USER/bin > $ > > > a truss of "bash -ls" shows it stat'ing '-bash' in each of the directories > in PATH... > > 11933: stat64("/usr/bin/-bash", 0xFFBFEBE8)Err#2 ENOENT > 11933: stat64

Re: Bug, feature or just the correct behaviour (stat'ing -bash down the PATH)

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Dave Rutherford wrote: > > It is ironic yet somehow appropriate that a fusion energy center > should be having such a 1997 sort of problem today. But > truly, my sympathies. :-) > > Dave > How about a nuclear plant having a '70s kind of problem? https://ca.linke

Re: Bug, feature or just the correct behaviour (stat'ing -bash down the PATH)

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Wheatley, Martin R < martin.wheat...@ccfe.ac.uk> wrote: > a truss of "bash -ls" shows it stat'ing '-bash' in each of the directories > in PATH... > > 11933: stat64("/usr/bin/-bash", 0xFFBFEBE8)Err#2 ENOENT > 11933: stat64("/usr/sbin/-bash", 0xFFBFEBE8)

Bug, feature or just the correct behaviour (stat'ing -bash down the PATH)

$ echo $PATH /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/dt/bin:/home/USER/bin $ a truss of "bash -ls" shows it stat'ing '-bash' in each of the directories in PATH... 11933: stat64("/usr/bin/-bash", 0xFFBFEBE8)Err#2 ENOENT 11933: stat64("/usr/sbin/-bash", 0xFFBFEBE8) Err#2 ENOENT 11933: st