Activity log for bug #424083

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-09-04 00:58:07 joewski bug added bug
2009-09-04 00:58:07 joewski attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31293564/Dependencies.txt
2009-09-04 00:58:07 joewski attachment added ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31293565/ProcMaps.txt
2009-09-04 00:58:07 joewski attachment added ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31293567/ProcStatus.txt
2009-09-04 00:59:52 joewski description Binary package hint: bash This complex command works cp -v "install "* ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts Now if you do this it works mkdir ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/testdirectory if you try this it fails mkdir "~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" you get this message mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No such file or directory basically the ~ representing the home directory does not get recognized correctly by the command interpreter. but if you do this it works mkdir "/home/joseph/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" where /home/joseph is your own home directory. doing this doesn't work either in case you thought my syntax is wrong. mkdir ~"/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No such file or directory I discovered this bug when I started working on nartilus-scripts which are very handy in improving the user interface. While there are work arounds it make the scripting more difficult to program. This bug isn't only isolated to mkdir command but other commands like cp. The version of bash loaded on the machine is bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: yelp Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 Binary package hint: bash This complex command works cp -v "install "* ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts Now if you do this it works mkdir ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/testdirectory if you try this it fails mkdir "~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" you get this message mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No such file or directory basically the ~ representing the home directory does not get recognized correctly by the command interpreter. but if you do this it works mkdir "/home/joseph/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" where /home/joseph is your own home directory. doing this doesn't work either in case you thought my syntax is wrong. mkdir ~"/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory" mkdir: cannot create directory `~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/test directory': No such file or directory I discovered this bug when I started working on nautilus-scripts which are very handy in improving the user interface. While there are work arounds it make the scripting more difficult to program. This bug isn't only isolated to mkdir command but other commands like cp. The version of bash loaded on the machine is bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: yelp Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686