Issue #9648 has been updated by Hiroshi Shirosaki. Usaku NAKAMURA wrote: > Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote: > > In that case, what should it return? > > > > 1. ignores it and globs as if it were not a symlink > > 2. matches nothing, since there is no parent directory of a root directory > > 3. treat the parent directory same as the root directory, like unixen systems > > First I think it should returns the directory that the symlink exists (maybe 1 ?), > but now I think it should be 3. I thought 1. is spec on Windows because old version ruby, `dir` command and `FindFirstFile` behavior is same. I agree to change behavior unixen systems. ---------------------------------------- Bug #9648: Dir.glob('../*') shows unexpected result in a symbolic linked directory on Windows https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9648#change-46351 * Author: Hiroshi Shirosaki * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada * Category: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.2.0dev (2014-03-17 trunk 45356) [x64-mingw32] * Backport: 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONTNEED ---------------------------------------- `Dir.glob('../*')` shows unexpected result if current directory is a symbolic linked directory on Windows. This issue seems to be introduced by r44802. The following is a test case. ~~~ C:\foo>mklink /D bar V:\ symbolic link created for bar <<===>> V:\ C:\foo>cd bar C:\foo\bar>ruby -ve "p Dir.glob('../*')" ruby 1.9.3p392 (2013-02-22) [i386-mingw32] ["../a", "../bar"] C:\foo\bar>\rubyinstaller\sandbox\ruby21_build\miniruby.exe -ve "p Dir.glob('../*')" ruby 2.2.0dev (2014-02-04 trunk 45356) [x64-mingw32] [] C:\foo\bar>dir .. Volume in drive C is OS Volume Serial Number is 6629-B36B Directory of C:\foo 2014/03/17 18:58 <DIR> . 2014/03/17 18:58 <DIR> .. 2014/03/17 18:45 6 a 2014/03/17 18:58 <SYMLINKD> bar [V:\] 1 File(s) 6 bytes 3 Dir(s) 81,915,052,032 bytes free ~~~ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/