unix quirks (chmod 000 dir)

[BALDWIN]

>    >>% mkdir foo
>    >>% chmod 000 foo
>    >>% cd foo
>    >>foo: no such file or directory
>You don't seem to understand: it shouldn't say: "no such file or directory",
>it should say: "Permission denied."  The example, was just that, an example.

Sorry, folks, but the REAL answer to this is the cdpath variable.  If it can't
chdir somewhere, csh will go down $cdpath, and the error message you end up
getting is that of the LAST component in cdpath:

	% mkdir rc
	% chmod 0 rc
	% set cdpath = (. /etc)
	% cd rc
	rc: Not a directory
	% set cdpath = (/etc .)
	% cd rc
	rc: Permission denied

If cdpath is unset, you will always get the "right" error message.

							Michael Baldwin
							AT&T Bell Labs
							harpo!whuxl!mike