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# 1  
Old 09-20-2007
unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
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root@server [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 5)

root@server [~]# uname -a
Linux server.integrityserver.net 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT

2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@server [~]#


How reproducible:
======================

root@server [~]# mkdir 1
mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory
root@server
[~]# mkdir 12
mkdir: cannot create directory `12': No such file or directory
root@server [~]# mkdir 1a2
root@server [~]#



Actual results:
======================
mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory



Expected results:
======================
should be able to create a directory

Additional Info:
==================
root@server [~]# ll $(which mkdir)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25060 Sep 19 15:46 /bin/mkdir*

root@server [~]# rpm -qf $(which mkdir)
coreutils-5.2.1-31.6
root@server [~]#
root@server [~]# mount -a
root@server [~]#
root@server [~]#alias | grep mk
root@server [~]#


FSType = ext3




Please advise.


Thanks
# 2  
Old 09-20-2007
That's odd.... I can create folders just fine, i.e. mkdir 1 works.
You are root, so you have permissions, it's not nfs mounted folder, no aliases.... hmmm...
can you create normal folder like "mkdir test1" ? What is the status of "echo $?" after it fails ? Can you use "mkdir -p /path/to/1" ?
# 3  
Old 09-20-2007
Very odd. Could something be wrong with the current directory? Try
Code:
pwd
ls -ld .

# 4  
Old 09-20-2007
I agree... very odd. Smilie

Try making a substitute command. With bash or ksh:
function xmkdir { perl -e 'mkdir(shift)' $1 ; }
xmkdir 12

Does that work? What about "mkdir ./12" and "xmkdir ./12"? What about "touch 12"?
# 5  
Old 09-27-2007
Hi,

kernel upgrade fixed the issue
# 6  
Old 12-05-2007
Hi I have the same issue as fed.linuxgossip.

I am running
RHEL AS 4 (Update 5)

Filesystem = ext3

Same Problem:
#########
I can not create numeric files.

I can not create them via anything i can think of, via echo, dd, touch, etc etc.

########

What I can do:

I can write to the same filesystem over NFS on a different machine just fine.

I can boot up off of a Live CD and write to the file system fine.

########
I tried using statically linked binaries like busybox, and I can not create the files.

I updated the system completely to RHEL AS 4 Update 6, (including the kernel), and the problem still persists.

#######
Perderabo :
Changing shells didnt help, nor did quotes or escape characters.

###########

Anything else special you did fed.linuxgossip ?
# 7  
Old 12-05-2007
A kernel upgrade fixed the issue for a while but I ended up with an OS reload.
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