Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Symbolic Links Message-ID: <16294@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 13:43:30 EDT Article-I.D.: teknowle.16294 Posted: Wed Sep 2 13:43:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 06:37:16 EDT References: <1254@mhres.mh.nl> Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA Lines: 26 in article <1254@mhres.mh.nl>, jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) says: ... -> Imagine, my system (HP9000/530 with HP-UX, a very good System V.2 with -> Berkeley enhancements) does not have "." and "..": -> -> %ls -al -> total 158 -> -rw------- 1 jv bsp 422 Apr 1 19:41 .login -> -rw-rw-rw- 1 jv bsp 263 Sep 1 13:32 .newsrc -> -rw-rw-rw- 1 jv bsp 0 Sep 1 13:36 .pnewsexpert -> -rw-rw-rw- 1 jv bsp 26 Sep 1 13:31 .rnlast -> -rw-rw-rw- 1 jv bsp 58 Aug 27 09:49 .rnsoft -> -rw-r--r-- 1 jv bsp 14 May 23 23:04 .signature -> drwxrwxrwx 1 jv bsp 0 Aug 18 09:39 News -> drwxr-xr-x 1 jv bsp 504 Jun 13 01:05 icon -> drwxr-xr-x 1 jv bsp 912 Sep 1 13:31 maildir -> % That's funny, we have an HP9000/320 and two HP9000/350s running HP-UX and all 3 have . and .. Mike Khaw -- internet: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa usenet: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa USnail: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303