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From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill)
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Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.1 (etc.) find "" -print not what you expect
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Date: 15 Apr 91 13:12:48 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.195247.15341@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) writes:
>We all know that Unix treats the null pathname as equivalent to the
>current directory.  Try for example: ls ""

Says who?  I've never heard that one before.  Dot (".") is the
universally accepted handle for the current directory.

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