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Article #477Re: Some thoughts on filenames - "" in particular
From: Michael I. Bushnell
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1987 14:47
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1987 14:47
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In article <2423@mcdchg.UUCP>, neilb@elecvax (Neil F. Brown) writes:
~ chmod +x ""
~ # this works as "" IS the current directory, no directory search needed
~
~ This is what first convinced me that "", not "." was really the current
~ directory.
~
~ On BSD4.2 it goes much the same way until you get to
~ chmod +x ""
~ This don't work on BSD!! I was shocked. Is NOTHING sacred?
~ Now I HAVE to remember where I am. Such is "progress".
We just got 4.3+NFS from Mt. Xinu and it doesn't have this problem.
As they got the directory scanning stuff from Sun, I bet it works
there, too.
--
Michael I. Bushnell
a/k/a Bach II
mike@turing.unm.edu
{ucbvax,gatech}!unmvax!turing!mike
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HOORAY, Ronald!! Now YOU can marry LINDA RONSTADT too!!
-- Zippy the Pinhead
[The moderator presumes that he wasn't the referent above. Ronald Heiby. -mod]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nbires!hao!gatech!mcdchg!usenet From: mike@turing.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: Re: Some thoughts on filenames - "" in particular Message-ID: <2466@mcdchg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 09:47:09 EST Article-I.D.: mcdchg.2466 Posted: Mon Nov 16 09:47:09 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Nov-87 05:37:05 EST References: <2423@mcdchg.UUCP> Sender: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 25 Approved: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP