Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> > There's probably a number of apps that skip the first two dirents, instead >>> > of checking for the dot dirs. >>> Yep, check `-noleaf' in find(1) >>Then it is broken in several ways. >>First, file systems are not required to implement ".." (only "." is >>magical, ".." is a courtesy). > > Heh, what would happen if .. disappeared?
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