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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: A suggestion: .... == ../../..
Message-ID: <1082@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 21:50:11 GMT
References: <75@vertical.oz> <1934@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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In article <1934@bgsuvax.UUCP>, kutz@bgsuvax.UUCP (Kenneth Kutz) writes:
> In article <75@vertical.oz>, greg@vertical.oz (Greg Bond) writes:
>> This generalises: . = current dir, .. = parent dir, ... = grandparent etc.
> Where do you stop though?  All the way to the root directory?

Certainly.  Where else?

> There's nothing special about . and ..  There just directory entries
> with the same inode number (links) to another directory entry.

. can be, but .. can't: consider mount points.

					der Mouse

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