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

2006-02-28 Thread Gora Mohanty
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files # cd delhi\ fes\ mtg/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files/delhi fes mtg # ls -l > total 6648 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 25600 2005-09-02 09:01 Declaration.doc > drwxrwxrwx 12 theo the

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

2006-02-27 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

[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 th