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From: rrw@cci632.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Unlinking "."
Message-ID: <1059@cci632.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 14:36:46 EST
Article-I.D.: cci632.1059
Posted: Wed Apr  1 14:36:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 09:02:24 EST
Organization: CCI, Communications Systems Division, Rochester, NY
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Keywords: unlink

Is it possible under vanilla System V to unlink "."? We have
the source, and from what I can tell, it is legal.

If it is legal, should it be OK to be able to remove it when the
directory is not empty?

In our version of Unix*, PERPOS**, it is legal to remove ".", and there
is a raging controversy about whether it should be. I would
appreciate any input.

				Thanks,
					Rick Wessman
					seismo!rochester!cci632!rrw

* Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
** PERPOS is a registered trademark of Computer Consoles, Inc.