Is this a ksh bug?

[David Marks]

Has anybody seen the following behavior in ksh?

Assuming that the current directory is /usr/me (this does not affect the bug)

1. make a subdirectory of the current directory that contains a colon in it:
    "mkdir c:"

2. cd to that directory: "cd c:" Current directory is now /usr/me/c:

3. make a subdirectory of the current directory: "mkdir xyz"

4. cd to that directory: "cd xyz"

you should get: "ksh: xyz not found"

However, if you type cd ../c:/xyz you will have your current directory set to
/usr/me/c:/xyz with no complaints. (".." appears to mean TWO directories up
in this case!)

Now with your current directory set to /usr/me/c:/xyz type "cd ..".
Your new current directory is /usr/me! It moved you up TWO directories!

This was done on a VAX8600 running AT&T SYSTEMV Release 2.2 with the
11/16/88 ksh. ksh was the login shell and CDPATH was null.

Is this a bug? Or am I missing something in the way ksh deals with CDPATH?

This doesn't happen on our older ksh which was the version of 2/21/85.

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