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Article #6515Re: Wildcard types
From: Allen Brown
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 1990 01:33
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 1990 01:33
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> Agreed. I also never understood the reasons for having a true > directory entry for ".." and ".". > -- > Mark Gooderum Only... \ Good Cheer !!! That is so the programs in Unix which work with directories (e.g. ls) do not have to have special code to deal with "." and "..". -- Allen Brown abrown@cv.hp.com or abrown%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com or hplabs!hpcvca!abrown or "Hey you!" Not representing my employer. "No matter where you go... there you are." --- Buckaroo Bonzai
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvca!abrown From: abrown@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Allen Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcard types Message-ID: <1410054@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM> Date: 10 Nov 90 01:33:57 GMT References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 12