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From: Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>
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Subject: [9front] Re: filename expansion of rc
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kl <kernelloop@gmail.com> once said:
> In Rc's (plan9port) man page there is,
>
> [...]
>
> What does this part means?
>
> > as must the first character of the path name components .  and ..

It only matters for rc on Unix (and not under plan9port).
Plan 9 directories don't contain explicit entries for '.'
and '..', so those paths will never be subjected to file
name matching.

  Anthony