surprise behavior #2: files confused with directories

i am having two intermittent problems with CIFS and am sending
separate emails to the list for each. this paragraph is identical. my
desktop runs debian and kernel 2.6.32rc7; i am mounting a filesystem
from my synology NAS, running DSM 2.2-0942 and using ext3 & RAID5
internally. the link is gigabit through cat5e and a netgear switch.
the only CIFS dmesg entry i see is a couple of: "CIFS VFS: server
10.1.1.2 of type Samba 3.2.8 returned unexpected error on SMB posix
open, disabling posix open support. Check if server update available."
(FWIW, synology hasn't released a firmware with a more recent samba.)


here, seemingly in older terminals, files get mistaken for
directories, and particularly the parent (..) or current (.)
directories. when moving a file from one directory to another, and
using tab completion for long filenames, i accidentally vacate whole
sections of my directory structure. apparently the problem can reverse
itself, as you can see in this transcript:



16:12 /data/music/unsorted/Thaide & Dj Hum > ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 preste_atenção_1996
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Afro
Brasileiro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Desabafo
De Um Homem Pobre.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Dj Hum
Nos Toca Discos.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Intro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Sr. Tempo Bom.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TJZP9C~3.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TPISIQ~9.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNS1~I.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNZY~Q.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TVVPUI~K.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWEDA2~L.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWQDBP~H.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TZA5E0~O.MP3

16:13 /data/music/unsorted/Thaide & Dj Hum > ls -l TZA5E0~O.MP3/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 preste_atenção_1996
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Afro
Brasileiro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Desabafo
De Um Homem Pobre.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Dj Hum
Nos Toca Discos.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Intro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Sr. Tempo Bom.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TJZP9C~3.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TPISIQ~9.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNS1~I.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNZY~Q.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TVVPUI~K.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWEDA2~L.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWQDBP~H.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TZA5E0~O.MP3

16:13 /data/music/unsorted/Thaide & Dj Hum > cd TZA5E0~O.MP3/

16:13 /data/music/unsorted/Thaide & Dj Hum > ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 preste_atenção_1996
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Afro
Brasileiro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Desabafo
De Um Homem Pobre.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Dj Hum
Nos Toca Discos.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Intro.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 Thaide & Dj Hum - Sr. Tempo Bom.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TJZP9C~3.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TPISIQ~9.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNS1~I.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TQRNZY~Q.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TVVPUI~K.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWEDA2~L.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TWQDBP~H.MP3
drwxr-xr-x 3 brick brick 0 2009-11-29 15:02 TZA5E0~O.MP3

(and a little while later, in the same terminal:)

16:59 /data/music/unsorted/Thaide & Dj Hum > ls -l
total 140348
drwxr-xr-x 2 brick brick        0 2009-06-23 10:00 preste_atenção_1996
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick  9961011 2006-06-30 21:12 Thaide & Dj Hum -
Afro Brasileiro.mp3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 13211688 2006-06-30 21:14 Thaide & Dj Hum -
Desabafo De Um Homem Pobre.mp3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick  6742725 2006-06-30 21:13 Thaide & Dj Hum -
Dj Hum Nos Toca Discos.mp3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick  3066774 2006-06-30 21:12 Thaide & Dj Hum - Intro.mp3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 11300570 2006-06-30 21:13 Thaide & Dj Hum -
Sr. Tempo Bom.mp3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 13092570 2006-06-30 21:12 TJZP9C~3.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 12957778 2006-06-30 21:13 TPISIQ~9.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 10248358 2006-06-30 21:13 TQRNS1~I.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 12347558 2006-06-30 21:12 TQRNZY~Q.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick  9485582 2006-06-30 21:14 TVVPUI~K.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 11939003 2006-06-30 21:12 TWEDA2~L.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 12628635 2006-06-30 21:14 TWQDBP~H.MP3
-rw-r-xr-x 1 brick brick 16496848 2006-06-30 21:13 TZA5E0~O.MP3





--   aaron brick
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