Weird tcsh question

Kenny Donahue kennyd at mc.com
Mon May 9 14:58:01 EDT 2005


This was just a typo with a weird side effect.
I was just curious what the shell thought I was trying to do
that it denied permission to do it.
Thanks,
Kenny


Steven W. Orr wrote:

>On Monday, May 9th 2005 at 14:35 -0400, quoth Kenny Donahue:
>
>=>Hi all,
>=>I have a weird tcsh question ask.
>=>in both Linux and Solaris if try and execute . I get either /usr/sbin/. :
>=>permision deinied
>=>or in Lunux /bin/. :Permission denied. What is happening?
>=>Example:
>=>
>=>Kenny on somemachine% .
>=>/bin/.: Permission denied.
>=>
>=>No big deal but it got me wondering.
>=>
>=>Thanks,
>=>Kenny
>
>Umm, you can't execute a directory. You can execute a file that's 
>executable in a directory. The purpose of execute access in a directory is 
>that it allows you to access content. 
>
>  
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