Re: mkdir no longer works

2008-06-07 Thread Steve Mazurek
Thank you for your replies. I didn't try using aliases, but there was an unescaped special character, ' , in the directory name. I omitted it and the directory now exists and I can use it. Again, thanks for the speedy replies. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: mkdir no longer works

2008-06-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 05:27:19PM -0700, Steve Mazurek wrote: > I can no longer create directories with mkdir, neither as root from the > command line nor from within the terminals in the xwindow graphics system. > (I am using etchnhalf, linux image 2.6.22-4-686 on a Thinkpad T42) In > either cas

Re: mkdir no longer works

2008-06-07 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/08 19:27, Steve Mazurek wrote: > I can no longer create directories with mkdir, neither as root from the > command line nor from within the terminals in the xwindow graphics > system. (I am using etchnhalf, linux image 2.6.22-4-686 on a Thinkp

mkdir no longer works

2008-06-07 Thread Steve Mazurek
I can no longer create directories with mkdir, neither as root from the command line nor from within the terminals in the xwindow graphics system. (I am using etchnhalf, linux image 2.6.22-4-686 on a Thinkpad T42) In either case, when I type mkdir directory-name or mkdir path directory-name and hi