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

[Madan Thapa]

root at server52 [~]# unalias mkdir
-bash: unalias: mkdir: not found
root at server52 [~]#


I already mentioned mkdir had no alias set.

Thanks

On 9/20/07, m.roth2006 at rcn.com <m.roth2006 at rcn.com> wrote:
>
> Try this:
> unalias mkdir
>
>     mark
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:50:25 +0530
> >From: "Madan Thapa" <madan.feedback at 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 at redhat.com>
> >
> >More info ................
> >
> >
> >Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> >==================================================================
> >root at server [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> >Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 5)
> >
> >root at 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 at server [~]#
> >
> >
> >How reproducible:
> >======================
> >
> >root at server [~]# mkdir 1
> >mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory
> >root at server [~]# mkdir 12
> >mkdir: cannot create directory `12': No such file or directory
> >root at server [~]# mkdir 1a2
> >root at 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 at server [~]# ll $(which mkdir)
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 25060 Sep 19 15:46 /bin/mkdir*
> >root at server [~]# rpm -qf $(which mkdir)
> >coreutils-5.2.1-31.6
> >root at server [~]#
> >root at server [~]# mount -a
> >root at server [~]#
> >root at server [~]#alias | grep mk
> >root at server [~]#
> >
> >FSType = ext3
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 9/20/07, Madan Thapa <madan.feedback at 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 at usno.navy.mil> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Madan Thapa wrote:
> >> > > Hello,
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory
> name
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > root at server [~]# mkdir 123
> >> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `123': No such file or directory
> >> > > root at 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 at server [~]# mkdir 1ab
> >> > > root at server [~]#
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Please advise.
> >> >
> >> > [root at mach2 ~]# mkdir 123
> >> > [root at mach2 ~]# ls -ld 123
> >> > drwx------  2 root root 4096 Sep 20 09:09 123
> >> > [root at mach2 ~]#
> >> >
> >> > I can. Not sure why you cannot.
> >> >
> >> >
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