rd /s, "can't find the file specified" (internal reference b1996)

[Nir Soffer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:rsharpe at richardsharpe.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: Nir Soffer
> Cc: jra at dp.samba.org; samba-technical at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: rd /s, "can't find the file specified" (internal 
> reference b1996)
> 
> 
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Nir Soffer wrote:
> 
> > > I can't reproduce this at all on a recent (CVS) build
> > > of SAMBA_3_0. Can you give me more details on *exactly*
> > > how you reproduce it please ?
> > 
> > What I did was simply do, on the unix side:
> > 
> > mkdir b1996
> > cd b1996
> > touch nirtest123456
> > touch nirtest12345
> > 
> > and on the W2K side use a command line prompt, map the drive using 
> > net use, and try to rd /s b1996
> 
> OK, that explains the insistence on using short names. Did 
> you use command 
> or cmd?

I used cmd. I specified I was using the command line on the beginning, and that everything worked perfectly alright from the explorer and the GUIs.
I also thought that the "rd /s" in the subject was a big hint ;)

Is it reproducable on your end too, or is something in my configuration screwy?

Nir.

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