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

Well this is a weird one. Do you have strace installed? If so, run ...

strace mkdir 123

... and look through, or post the output.

        -s-

On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Madan Thapa wrote:

> root@server52 [~]# unalias mkdir
> -bash: unalias: mkdir: not found
> root@server52 [~]#
>
>
> I already mentioned mkdir had no alias set.
>
> Thanks
>
> On 9/20/07, m.roth2006@rcn.com <m.roth2006@rcn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Try this:
>> unalias mkdir
>>
>> mark
>>
>> ---- 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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