Bug 1459 - PS1 containing \w will cause crash with unreadable directories
Summary: PS1 containing \w will cause crash with unreadable directories
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: bash
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-03-09 20:16 UTC by tpeland
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-03-18 16:54:28 UTC
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Description tpeland 1999-03-09 20:16:30 UTC 
Using bash-1.14.7-13.i386.rpm

Set prompt so that it contains \w. Let's use for example
  PS1='\h:\w\$ '
Move into a directory that you can use but not list. (no
read bit, execute bit exists)
Then move into a directory under that.

Bash will crash immediately.
Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-03-18 16:54:59 UTC 
Could not replicate this problem using bash-1.14.7-14
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