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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] walk
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:55 BST."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:31:58 -0400
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> >>	n = dirreadall(fd, &dir);
> >>	for (dp = dir, i = 0; i < n; dp++, i++) {
> >>		if (strcmp(dp->name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(dp->name, "..") == 0)
> >>			continue;
>
> you should not need to eliminate . or .. when reading a directory

Good to know.  I note, however, that du also explicitly ignores them.

	- Dan C.