GNU bug report logs - #19963
25.0.50; Unable to create a directory with name same as an existing file

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Reported by: Kaushal <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 19963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#19963: 25.0.50; Unable to create a directory with name same as an existing file
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:50:53 +0200

> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:48:59 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 19963-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> A directory is just a special kind of file on most filesystems, and
> like a file, it has an entry in its parent directory.  So there cannot
> be a file and a directory with the same name, because there can be 2
> identical entries in their parent directory.                ^^^^^^

I meant "cannot be", of course.  Sorry.
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