bug or feature?

[Arnold Nipper]

On 10.12.2010 19:57 Martin Volf wrote

> 2010/12/10 Arnold Nipper <arnold at nipper.de>:
>>>> root at zwrotnica:~# birdc show route 65.52.0.0/16
>>>> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
>>>> IP address expected
>> So, what is the conclusion? This is a OS/shell problem, not a BIRD
>> problem. Given so, is there anyone who is able to explain, what actually
>> happens? I have never ever seen, that "/" irritates any program. Otoh
>> I'm an absolute OS/shell novice ...
>
> maybe your "birdc" is a shell alias or a shell script, which calls the
> actual binary, but passes only the first two arguments.
> Try "alias", "which birdc" and "file $(which birdc)"
> 

which birdc
/usr/sbin//birdc

ls -l /usr/sbin//birdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 12  2010 /usr/sbin//birdc ->
birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped

file /usr/sbin/birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped
/usr/sbin/birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped: ELF 64-bit LSB executable,
x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for
GNU/Linux 2.6.8, not stripped



HTH, Arnold
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Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany
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