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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: /bin/test and stat(2)
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Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 22:57:42 EST
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> I don't pretend to know the original reason (if any) for having two ways
> to refer to the current directory, but it certainly makes life easier for
> the users. Consider the "ls" command - it's easier to type "ls" than "ls ."
> every time.

None of this has anything whatsoever to do with "" being a name for the current
directory; UNIX versions of "ls" (or, at least, the 4.3BSD and S5R3 versions of
"ls") treat "ls" by itself as equivalent to 'ls .', not 'ls ""'.
	Guy Harris
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