Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43

2006-02-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gora Mohanty wrote: Heh, thanks for the headscratch. I think what you are seeing is an effect of symbolic links. If I understand your description above correctly, you can get the same effect by doing mkdir ~/mydir ln -s ~/mydir ~/mydir # Create a symlink to itself within the dir.

Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43

2006-02-28 Thread Gora Mohanty
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[ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43

2006-02-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi For some time now there is a strange problem that is recurring on a Thinkpad T 43 running Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary. One particular directory repeats it self within itself many many times. I gave up trying to count at some 40th level or so. The contents of the directory withing the directory are

Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43

2006-02-27 Thread Gora Mohanty
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] One particular directory repeats it self within itself many many times. I gave up trying to count at some 40th level or so. The contents of the directory withing the directory are the same and if any file is deleted from any of the