[Bug 1100806] [NEW] Gnome terminal can't get into parent directoy

[Travis Hoppe]

Public bug reported:


Open a terminal and run

     mkdir a1
     mkdir a1/a2
     mkdir a1/a2/a3
     mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4
     mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
     cd a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
     emasc a.cpp &

Note that is `emasc` misspelled intentionally. For some reason, this
will close the terminal with no response. This has been confirmed for me
on two separate computers. It _does not_ work on a separate shell screen
`Control-Alt-F2` and _only_ with the default terminal `Control-Shift-T`.
Is something going here that I don't know about?

This happens more often than I like, but this is the only sequence of
commands that reproduces the crash(?) every time.

Navigating to the directory and running bash `getcwd()` fails
(sometimes...)!

    cd ~/a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
    bash

With the error:

    shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
    sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory

Again, this only happens on Gnome terminal as far as I can tell.

    lsb_release -rd
    Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
    Release:	12.10

** Affects: command-not-found (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Gnome terminal can't get into parent directoy

Status in “command-not-found” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:

  Open a terminal and run

       mkdir a1
       mkdir a1/a2
       mkdir a1/a2/a3
       mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4
       mkdir a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
       cd a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
       emasc a.cpp &

  Note that is `emasc` misspelled intentionally. For some reason, this
  will close the terminal with no response. This has been confirmed for
  me on two separate computers. It _does not_ work on a separate shell
  screen `Control-Alt-F2` and _only_ with the default terminal `Control-
  Shift-T`. Is something going here that I don't know about?

  This happens more often than I like, but this is the only sequence of
  commands that reproduces the crash(?) every time.

  Navigating to the directory and running bash `getcwd()` fails
  (sometimes...)!

      cd ~/a1/a2/a3/a4/foo-bar
      bash

  With the error:

      shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
      sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory

  Again, this only happens on Gnome terminal as far as I can tell.

      lsb_release -rd
      Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
      Release:	12.10

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