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From: conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert B Carroll)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Dot files always first in directory?
Message-ID: <3540@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 5 May 89 02:03:50 GMT
References: <11108@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert B Carroll)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <11108@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>
>It it safe to assume when writing a program which manipulates
>directories that . and .. will always be the first two entries in a
>directory?
>

NO, its not save to assume that.
try "touch #abcd" then 'list' the directory.




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