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Article #155Re: What do you call an ex-directory?; V5N12
From: Moderator, John Quarterman
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 15:01
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 15:01
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 86 22:30:26 MST From: seismo!hao!boulder!geoff@sally.UTEXAS.EDU (Geoffrey Clemm) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder In article <3921@ut-sally.UUCP> Roy Smith writes: >From: seismo!allegra!phri!roy@sally.UTEXAS.EDU (Roy Smith) >Subject: What do you call an ex-directory? (or, "it's not dead, just sleeping") >I [deleted my current directory] on a 4.2 system and got back "/" frow pwd. >The corresponding sequence on version 6, using sh instead of csh >of course, would give you "". ... >It seems to me that the version 6 answer is somehow more accurate, even if it >is not actually any more useful. On a 4.3 system, you get back : pwd: getwd: can't stat . which seems far better than either the version 6 or the 4.2 response. Geoff Clemm Volume-Number: Volume 5, Number 12
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!gatech!ut-sally!std-unix From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) Newsgroups: mod.std.unix Subject: Re: What do you call an ex-directory?; V5N12 Message-ID: <3948@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 10:01:20 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.3948 Posted: Wed Jan 8 10:01:20 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jan-86 03:30:19 EST References: <3921@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: IEEE/P1003 Portable Operating System Environment Committee Lines: 24 Approved: jsq@sally.UUCP