ls bug

ls bug

[Road Warrior]

Hello Cygwin Folk -

I don't remember if I've posted this before, but this issue that looks bug-like to me has been bothering me for years now. I figured it must be fixed in the latest cygwin so I just updated everything today, but still no go. I looked in the FAQ and searched mailing lists, but I didn't see mention of this; point me to the right place if it's already been discussed.

Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally. This can be pretty frustrating, since one is inclined to believe what ls says:?

Here's an example. Nothing in the directory is changing, I'm just hitting "ls" over and over.

C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>which ls
/usr/bin/ls
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls -l /usr/bin/ls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 stefan root 128526 2010-03-18 22:06 /usr/bin/ls
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
C:\_proj\sw\lib\bulletin>ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
I'm using a Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 3) command prompt above, but it happens in bash too (perhaps less frequently):

bash-3.2$ ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
bash-3.2$ ls
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
bash-3.2$ ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of, but I went through and updated all packages when I updated today.

Have other people seen this too? Can I provide more information on my system?

- Stefan 		 	   		  
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Re: ls bug

[Eric Blake]

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On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:
> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.

This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda

> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of

coreutils

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Re: ls bug

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Apr 22 10:01, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:
> > I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of
> 
> coreutils

Wrong answer.  The right answer is

  $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/ls

;-)


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RE: ls bug

[Road Warrior]

 
I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.
 
- Stefan

----------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600
> From: eblake@redhat.com
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: ls bug
>
> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:
>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.
>
> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?
> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
>
>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of
>
> coreutils
>
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RE: ls bug

[Road Warrior]

Oh, cool. Nice to know about that one.
 
bash-3.2$ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/ls
coreutils-8.4-2

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> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:04:10 +0200
> From: corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: ls bug
>
> On Apr 22 10:01, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:
>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of
>>
>> coreutils
>
> Wrong answer. The right answer is
>
> $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/ls
>
> ;-)
>
>
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RE: ls bug

[Road Warrior]

I just tried it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt only. I got weird stuff, though not exactly the same as I was getting before. Most of the time ls responded completely correctly. But a few times:bash-3.2$ lsDebug    bulletin_gen_cpp.lib  bulletin_pp.libp.     bulletin_util.libibRelease  bulletin_io_cpp.lib   bulletin_pp_dll.expbash-3.2$ lsCVS      bulletin_gen.lib      bulletin_msg_cpp.lib  bulletin_pp_dll.libDebug    bulletin_gen_cpp.lib  bulletin_pp.lib       bulletin_util.libRelease  bulletin_io_cpp.lib   bulletin_pp_dll.expYou can see in the top case case it's somehow munged the 2nd line and doesn't show the first one at all; the second ls output is the correct output.I think "safe mode" rules out BLODA, but even if it doesn't, an essential tool like ls would be especially useful if it could survive being installed at the same time as a virus checker, for example.- Stefan----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:56 +0000>>>> I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.>> - Stefan>> ---------------------------------------->> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600>> From: eblake@redhat.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: ls bug>>>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:>>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.>>>> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda>>>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of>>>> coreutils>>>> -->> Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682>> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org>>> _________________________________________________________________> Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969>> --> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple> 		 	   		  
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RE: ls bug

[Road Warrior]

Ick sorry about the formatting! I should know better than to send a plain-text hotmail message with a non-microsoft browser like Opera. Trying again:
 
I just tried it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt only. I got weird stuff, though not exactly the same as I was getting before. Most of the time ls responded completely correctly. But a few times:
 
bash-3.2$ ls
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
bash-3.2$ ls
CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib
Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib
Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp
 
You can see in the top case case it's somehow munged the 2nd line and doesn't show the first one at all; the second ls output is the correct output.
 
I think "safe mode" rules out BLODA, but even if it doesn't, an essential tool like ls would be especially useful if it could survive being installed at the same time as a virus checker, for example.
 
- Stefan
 
----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:56 +0000>>>> I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.>> - Stefan>> ---------------------------------------->> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600>> From: eblake@redhat.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: ls bug>>>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:>>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.>>>> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda>>>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of>>>> coreutils>>>> -->> Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682>> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org>>>

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> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: ls bug
> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:03:30 +0000
>
>
> I just tried it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt only. I got weird stuff, though not exactly the same as I was getting before. Most of the time ls responded completely correctly. But a few times:bash-3.2$ lsDebug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libibRelease bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.expbash-3.2$ lsCVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.libDebug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.libRelease bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.expYou can see in the top case case it's somehow munged the 2nd line and doesn't show the first one at all; the second ls output is the correct output.I think "safe mode" rules out BLODA, but even if it doesn't, an essential tool like ls would be especially useful if it could survive being installed at the same time as a virus checker, for example.- Stefan----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:56 +0000>>>> I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.>> - Stefan>> ---------------------------------------->> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600>> From: eblake@redhat.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: ls bug>>>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:>>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.>>>> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda>>>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of>>>> coreutils>>>> -->> Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682>> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org>>> _________________________________________________________________> Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969>> --> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple>
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RE: ls bug

[Road Warrior]

Hm, so am I the only one who's ever seen this ls inconsistency?----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:08:08 +0000>>> Ick sorry about the formatting! I should know better than to send a plain-text hotmail message with a non-microsoft browser like Opera. Trying again:>> I just tried it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt only. I got weird stuff, though not exactly the same as I was getting before. Most of the time ls responded completely correctly. But a few times:>> bash-3.2$ ls> Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libib> Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp>> bash-3.2$ ls> CVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.lib> Debug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.lib> Release bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.exp>> You can see in the top case case it's somehow munged the 2nd line and doesn't show the first one at all; the second ls output is the correct output.>> I think "safe mode" rules out BLODA, but even if it doesn't, an essential tool like ls would be especially useful if it could survive being installed at the same time as a virus checker, for example.>> - Stefan>> ----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:56 +0000>>>> I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.>> - Stefan>> ---------------------------------------->> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600>> From: eblake@redhat.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: ls bug>>>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:>>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.>>>> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda>>>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of>>>> coreutils>>>> -->> Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682>> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org>>>>> ---------------------------------------->> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com>> Subject: RE: ls bug>> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:03:30 +0000>>>>>> I just tried it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt only. I got weird stuff, though not exactly the same as I was getting before. Most of the time ls responded completely correctly. But a few times:bash-3.2$ lsDebug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.libp. bulletin_util.libibRelease bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.expbash-3.2$ lsCVS bulletin_gen.lib bulletin_msg_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.libDebug bulletin_gen_cpp.lib bulletin_pp.lib bulletin_util.libRelease bulletin_io_cpp.lib bulletin_pp_dll.expYou can see in the top case case it's somehow munged the 2nd line and doesn't show the first one at all; the second ls output is the correct output.I think "safe mode" rules out BLODA, but even if it doesn't, an essential tool like ls would be especially useful if it could survive being installed at the same time as a virus checker, for example.- Stefan----------------------------------------> From: warrior_road@hotmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: ls bug> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:09:56 +0000>>>> I am not using any of the software listed on the BLODA FAQ page, but I'll try starting up in "safe mode" and see what happens then.>> - Stefan>> ---------------------------------------->> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:01:01 -0600>> From: eblake@redhat.com>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; warrior_road@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: ls bug>>>> On 04/22/2010 09:53 AM, Road Warrior wrote:>>> Basically, the last line of my ls is lost occasionally.>>>> This has been known to happen with BLODA; have you ruled that out?>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda>>>>> I'm not sure which cygwin package 'ls' is a part of>>>> coreutils>>>> -->> Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682>> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org>>> _________________________________________________________________> Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969>> --> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple>>> _________________________________________________________________>> Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.>> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969>>>> -->> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html>> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/>> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html>> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple>>> _________________________________________________________________> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service.> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969>> --> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple> 		 	   		  
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