minorbug(pwd): when the current cwd swapped to be a normal file it returns vague error messages
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Hi, uutils mainteners
that issue to be triggered you need 2 terminals,
in the 1st terminal the first step is
$ mkdir z
$ cd z
then create a new terminal and
$ pwd
to verify in my case showed me /home/relunsec/software/coreutils/target/debug/z
then go back to the first terminal and then type the following commands
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ rm -rf z
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ touch z
back to the second terminal and then type ./pwd again as i see the error too vague
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug/z$ ../pwd
pwd: failed to get current directory: No such file or directory
currently z is a file but not a directory after swapped in the terminal one, so that is a wrong message, now try with gnu one
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug/z$ gnupwd
gnupwd: couldn't find directory entry in ‘..’ with matching i-node
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug/z$
correct that is the correct error and clear error message
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Reproduce the two-terminal scenario described in the issue with the Rust pwd command, then locate its current-directory error handling from the pwd entry point. Compare the resulting message with GNU pwd and consider the work complete when the swapped-directory case reports a specific, clear error and the relevant tests pass.
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- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100