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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
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Subject: Re: ${var?err} (was Re: /bin/test and stat(2))
Message-ID: <14020001@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 15:36:05 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 15:36:05 1987
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> Under either System V or 4.3 BSD, do:
> 	mkdir junk
> 	cd junk
> 	rmdir ../junk
> 	ls .
> 
> This will tell you that "." does not exist, because under these versions
> of UN*X the entry for "." is removed from a directory when rmdir runs,

HP-UX will tell you that you cannot remove your current directory.

Dave Decot
hpda!decot