Aduke.583 NET.v7bugs utzoo!duke!trt Tue Jan 6 22:01:40 1981 du bug "du" works incorrectly if given a list of pathnames in which a relative pathname (one not beginning with '/') follows a pathname containing a '/': cd /; du usr/tmp etc The reason is that in such cases "du" uses chdir() to leave the current directory, never to return. One cure is for "du" to invoke "pwd" initially to be able to get back to the current directory ("find" does that). Also, if there is more than one pathname argument there should be a grand total at the end -- it is often what is wanted. The documented non-directory argument bug should be fixed, too. And the diagnostic messages are not so hot either ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.