From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: dos2unix filas when cuurent directory is on a different file system than the output file. If output and input file is the same file, the input file is furthermore deleted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /home/user 2. touch /tmp/foo 3. dos2unix /tmp/foo Actual Results: If /home/usr and /tmp are on different file systems, /tmp/foo is permanently deleted. Expected Results: Left for the reader... Additional info: The cause is trivial, input file is `unlink'ed, output generated as a temporary file in the current directory and the tried `rename'd to the output location. `rename' obviously fails, as it cannot move between file systems.
Fixed in dos2unix-3.1-21. Thanks for your report.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-195.html