Re: [bug-idutils] can you build ID using relative path

[Claudio Fontana]

Hello,

--- address@hidden wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It seems to me that mkid builds the ID database
> useing the full path of a file, not the relative
> path. 

Yes.

> For example, if the file is at
> \\host1/home/kcai/sample.c

what is \\host1 ?

> , and function test() is
> defined/used in this c file (I did the "mkid *.c"
> under /home/kcai), then I can only use gid at host1.
> If somehow I am in host2 and also have the acess to
> /home/kcai/, but the path is now /host1/home/kcai,
> then I can't do a "gid test". It reports that
> /home/kcai/sample.c can't be found.
> 
> If the path is relative, I can always cd to
> /home/kcai or /host1/home/kcai first and do the gid
> there.
> 
> Is this a known issue? If yes, do we have a
> solution?

Could you state your idutils version, your OS and
architecture of the hosts involved and a clear
description of which commands you run, and what you
get instead?

Thanks,

Claudio



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