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Subject: Re: [TUHS] UNIX Backslash History
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> Unix uses dot for the current directory. Was
> there any notation for this in Multics?
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> Not as a special symbol. As a command parameter,   [pwd]   is equivalent
to UNIX `pwd`;  [hd]  would be equivalent to ~, evaluating to the home
directory,

-- Charles

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Unix uses dot for the current directory. Was<br>
there any notation for this in Multics?<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Not as a special symbol. As a command parameter,=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0[pwd]=C2=A0 =C2=A0is equivalent to UNIX `pwd`;=C2=A0 [hd]=C2=A0 w=
ould be equivalent=C2=A0to ~, evaluating to the home directory,</div><div><=
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