A suggestion: .... == ../../..

[der Mouse]

In article <1934 at bgsuvax.UUCP>, kutz at bgsuvax.UUCP (Kenneth Kutz) writes:
> In article <75 at vertical.oz>, greg at vertical.oz (Greg Bond) writes:
>> This generalises: . = current dir, .. = parent dir, ... = grandparent etc.
> Where do you stop though?  All the way to the root directory?

Certainly.  Where else?

> There's nothing special about . and ..  There just directory entries
> with the same inode number (links) to another directory entry.

. can be, but .. can't: consider mount points.

					der Mouse

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