>> Which scripts use that? As stated, these two directory entries exist when >> you >> stat() them, they just do not show up in readdir(), and I bet few programs >> care for "." and ".." when doing their readdir. > >There's probably a number of apps that skip the first two dirents, instead >of checking for the dot dirs.
Does POSIX or some standard say that . and .. need to be the first two entries? Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
