From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 22 17:28:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210C515177 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:28:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.dummynet. (ts4-6-ppp.ipass.net [207.120.205.6]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA14120 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:28:14 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.dummynet. (8.9.1/8.8.8) id UAA02418 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:28:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:28:33 -0500 From: Randall Hopper To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /.. ??? -- A file system question Message-ID: <19990322202833.A2080@ipass.net> References: <19990322200513.A1568@ipass.net> <19990323114208.S442@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990323114208.S442@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 11:42:08AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey: |> Why does the root directory of a UNIX file system have a ".." entry? | |For compatibility reasons. It costs almost nothing, and it may save |certain programs problems. Interesting. Thanks. I did check the UNIX FAQ first, but I guess this question doesn't come up much. |> I'm also waiting on how many licks it takes to get to the middle of |> a tootsie roll tootsie pop. | |Which version of FreeBSD? Ouch! Of course it would depend on the version wouldn't it. Any budy got a version-to-num-licks mapping? Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message