> > Dont think so.. Lets say that ./foo is a valid directory.. Then > > foo// would be the same as / (correct????) > > Nope. Same as "./foo". Repeated slashes are counted as a single slash. At > least on the versions of UNIX that I have played around with, the empty > string is the same as ".", so foo// is the same as foo/./, which of > course is the same as ./foo On old versions of UNIX "" was the same as ".". On newer versions the extra /'s are just skipped over. They don't have any special meaning. -- John F. Haugh II [ NRA-ILA ] [ Kill Barney ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151 [GOP][DoF #17][PADI][ENTJ] @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org The ultimate solution to the homeless problem: Cut down the Pacific Northwest forests and kill all the owls. Build houses with the wood and cook the birds!