From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id aec60eb1 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9D04F9B906; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:55:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 042A994772; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:54:56 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=papnet.eu header.i=@papnet.eu header.b="BJcRbss4"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="p7l68nIO"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7D02694772; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:54:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.20]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23E2F93D8C for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:54:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793F4606 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:54:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:54:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=papnet.eu; h= date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm3; bh=bRRMV8NJeOvLQ2XgPyVmw/2n7k0 ncV5F9Dch8QBWXFw=; b=BJcRbss4isv1JCFTIbuNyDvI3TVWgolqn64TQpxsvUZ XjocyUcH0MmoX+DRcXDHA2I7cCuDKHf6Rtlvd2qL4N//EqS+0tp8ZLyS1Jsg+psv QraY+5/iGodwZ3D8xlPuYyVbUhLpT+q0mrB80SjGPT4N1Xn0zxo4Af8QdN13FDgg OvZkmKrD0A+fRYdGi1oSE66Up5DfdX7wvSoilfgupXzYjhcnlTl4dLJZjLSm3xA/ i9Pv43UOclkAIYksmoYzC6d1PS2UfKWTnlYjq+HWYSF/upP1nNfVuMOUXh+OqxF9 yBwSlt0kFzO4WZlEzwWlvk5Wsnl1gLLa+qMlI0KEPuQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=bRRMV8 NJeOvLQ2XgPyVmw/2n7k0ncV5F9Dch8QBWXFw=; b=p7l68nIO+W724GZJhLTHeD p8eQAeu7SBvfvHdCctMCsqOKs02WM/sRep0wA1SnNgjEQzXOeZ+kLnL+ptb66w+n 33hkmM2xh8dBMZyB5xDFUeclDp2QVECY26QrTH7POBx5dV8KpEPFoe/CEhJnBT6r LwrAPB+6WN7sVGbv7aIXPM7aBPuiQel4eVaQ8pzsDpTOwlsG53QA3ndHn5AYxuHL sCxxaU9eUn9x+ozoaZfSkvatqWdxt/sW8X38Qwy8RQfe1aQAOwnIUH7KpO2OChzo RARM0AduyRcU/ruu40uHNQOWnWHFVimRQ0yLey5QcJJFPJyiJ75Id0HCCIYymv7A == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrkeehgddutdelucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujggfsehttd ertddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeetnhhgvghlohcurfgrphgvnhhhohhffhcuoegrrghpsehp rghpnhgvthdrvghuqeenucfkphepjeekrdehgedrfedurddvnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrih hlfhhrohhmpegrrghpsehprghpnhgvthdrvghunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from indra.papnet.eu (x4e361f02.dyn.telefonica.de [78.54.31.2]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 48266D6005E for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:54:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:54:50 +0200 From: Angelo Papenhoff To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <20191021165450.GB18793@indra.papnet.eu> References: <20191021062242.GA91599@indra.papnet.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191021062242.GA91599@indra.papnet.eu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Subject: Re: [TUHS] PDP-7 UNIX filesystem X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 21/10/19, Angelo Papenhoff wrote: > . and .. To this I seem to have found an answer by checking how stat.s and ls.s work. 'stat foo' will check whether '../foo' (using /-notation) exists and will then print the status. 'ls foo' will check whether '../foo' is a directory and will then open foo and list it. It will default to .. if no argument is given. This to me suggests that .. (confusingly) refers to the current directory. . does not seem to have any conventional meaning. To the first question I still have no answer. aap