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DOCUMENT:Q106165 10-DEC-1993 [W_NT]
TITLE :Change Directory Command Can Use Colon Parameter from NTFS
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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A colon (:) is accepted as a parameter for the change directory (CD)
command at the Windows NT command line when the current volume is formatted
for NTFS. This results in the current directory becoming the previous
directory with a colon appended as if it were a valid subdirectory name.
This results in some unpredictable behavior for other command line
utilities such as COPY when you attempt to transfer files between the
"current" directory and the "parent" directory because these both evaluate
to the same physical location.
The following is an illustration of the effect:
F:\DIR
Volume in drive F is fffff
Volume Serial Number is 6C15-9A0F
Directory of F:\
10/14/93 01:33p 5 test.p
10/14/93 01:33p 5 test.q
10/14/93 01:32p 0 test.s
08/03/93 08:33a 5 test.t
4 File(s) 15 bytes
19724288 bytes free
F:\CD :
F:\:\DIR
Volume in drive F is fffff
Volume Serial Number is 6C15-9A0F
Directory of F:\:
10/14/93 01:33p 5 test.p
10/14/93 01:33p 5 test.q
10/14/93 01:32p 0 test.s
08/03/93 08:33a 5 test.t
4 File(s) 15 bytes
19724288 bytes free
F:\:\copy test.p ..
1 file(s) copied.
F:\:\
Note that you cannot usually copy a file over itself.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Windows NT and
Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory :
KBSubCatagory : fautol
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