Re: PROBLEM: mkdir on ext3 creates regular file instead of

[Alex Bligh - linux-kernel]

> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> when using 'mkdir' to create a directory on an ext3 filesystem, a regular
> file is created instead of the directory.

Had you by any chance done something a little like this
(which can produce similarly odd results - not sure about
quite the same ones).

Shell 1					Shell 2
=======					=======

cd ~
					cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
					rmdir foo
mkdir .variable

Or more confusingly

Shell 1					Shell 2
=======					=======

cd ~
					cd ~
mkdir foo
cd foo
					rmdir foo
					mkdir foo
mkdir .variable

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Alex Bligh