Re: unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name

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unalias mkdir

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• Original message ----
  >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:50:25 +0530
  >From: "Madan Thapa" <madan.feedback@gmail.com>
  >Subject: Re: unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name
  >To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
  >
  >More info ................
  >
  >
  >Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
  >==================================================================
  >root@server [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
  >Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 5)
  >
  >root@server [~]# uname -a
  >Linux server.integrityserver.net 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT
  >2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
  >root@server [~]#
  >
  >
  >How reproducible:
  >======================
  >
  >root@server [~]# mkdir 1
  >mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory
  >root@server [~]# mkdir 12
  >mkdir: cannot create directory `12': No such file or directory
  >root@server [~]# mkdir 1a2
  >root@server [~]#
  >
  >
  >
  >Actual results:
  >======================
  >mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory
  >
  >
  >Expected results:
  >======================
  >should be able to create a directory
  >
  >Additional Info:
  >==================
  >root@server [~]# ll $(which mkdir)
  >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25060 Sep 19 15:46 /bin/mkdir*
  >root@server [~]# rpm -qf $(which mkdir)
  >coreutils-5.2.1-31.6
  >root@server [~]#
  >root@server [~]# mount -a
  >root@server [~]#
  >root@server [~]#alias | grep mk
  >root@server [~]#
  >
  >FSType = ext3
  >
  >
  >Thanks
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >On 9/20/07, Madan Thapa <madan.feedback@gmail.com> wrote:
  >>
  >> All was working fine.. this issue came to notice yesterday. Anybody had
  >> such experience and any fix please?
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> On 9/20/07, Bill Tangren < bjt@usno.navy.mil> wrote:
  >> >
  >> > Madan Thapa wrote:
  >> > > Hello,
  >> > >
  >> > >
  >> > > unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name
  >> > >
  >> > >
  >> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 123
  >> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `123': No such file or directory
  >> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 0
  >> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `0': No such file or directory
  >> > >
  >> > >
  >> > > Filesystem is not in readonly mode becasue I can create dir with a mix
  >> > of
  >> > > numbers and aplhabets.
  >> > >
  >> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 1ab
  >> > > root@server [~]#
  >> > >
  >> > >
  >> > > Please advise.
  >> >
  >> > [root@mach2 ~]# mkdir 123
  >> > [root@mach2 ~]# ls -ld 123
  >> > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 09:09 123
  >> > [root@mach2 ~]#
  >> >
  >> > I can. Not sure why you cannot.
  >> >
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