Re: busybox and 'mv <dir>' fails [Was: Bug#53563: File name confusion prevents install from hd]
By the way, busybox = the alternate terminal windows you get during the
install if you switch screens?
The shell they run?
Did you find any indication of the long file name problems with NT FAT?
I figured the changing file length was from cr/lf problems.....
At 08:41 PM 12/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon Dec 27, 1999 at 05:27:20PM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
>> On Mon Dec 27, 1999 at 03:07:59PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
>> > (By the way, mv doesn't do whole directories; if that's not supposed
to be
>> > a limitation of the shell it would be good to fix).
>>
>> I can confirm and duplicate this part of the bug report.
>>
>> [andersen@slag busybox]$ cp -a /etc/X11 .
>> [andersen@slag busybox]$ ./busybox mv X11 testdir
>> X11: Is a directory
>> [andersen@slag busybox]$ ls -lad X11 testdir
>> drwxr-xr-x 18 andersen andersen 1024 Dec 15 13:25 X11/
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 andersen andersen 1024 Dec 27 17:22 testdir/
>> [andersen@slag busybox]$ ls -la testdir/
>> total 4
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 andersen andersen 1024 Dec 27 17:22 ./
>> drwxrwsr-x 5 andersen andersen 3072 Dec 27 17:22 ../
>>
>> I'll fix this busybox bug right up.
>>
>
>Fixed now in CVS. Busybox cp and mv were VERY broken when moving
>directories. I have rewritten them so they should now work as expected.
>
>Testing would be apprecieated,
>
> -Erik
>
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