[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..

To: "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:28:46 +0200
Cc: "mint\@lists.fishpool.fi" <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
In-reply-to: <616437.942578585-sendEmail@descaro> (Helmut Karlowski's message of "Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:20:01 +0000")
List-help: <mailto:ecartis@lists.fishpool.fi?Subject=help>
List-id: <mint.lists.fishpool.fi>
List-owner: <mailto:tjhukkan@fishpool.fi>
List-post: <mailto:mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
List-subscribe: <mailto:mint-request@lists.fishpool.fi?Subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <mailto:mint-request@lists.fishpool.fi?Subject=unsubscribe>
References: <616437.942578585-sendEmail@descaro>
Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux)

"Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> writes:

> Guess he means /<drive> has no . and no .., while e.g. /bin has. This
> could indeed lead to some minor trouble.

The . and .. entries are only virtual.  The kernel will resolve them
without even looking at the directory contents.

Andreas.

-- 
Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org
GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
  - From: Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>

References:
- Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
  - From: "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>

Prev by Date: Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT binaries and CPU specific versions
Next by Date: Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
Previous by thread: Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
Next by thread: Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread