Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:42:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /.. ??? -- A file system question Message-ID: <19990323114208.S442@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990322200513.A1568@ipass.net>; from Randall Hopper on Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 08:05:13PM -0500 References: <19990322200513.A1568@ipass.net>
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On Monday, 22 March 1999 at 20:05:13 -0500, Randall Hopper wrote: > /.. > > 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. > Where does it go? It points to itself: $ ls -ali / total 4 2 drwxr-xr-x 42 root wheel 1024 Mar 12 17:12 . 2 drwxr-xr-x 42 root wheel 1024 Mar 12 17:12 .. BTW, it's also always inode 2. > 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? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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