> > On old versions of UNIX "" was the same as ".".
> It still is, at least, under SunOS and BSD/OS.
>
POSIX has some specific things to say about "." v "" when it
comes to things like opendir. This is one reason behaviour
varies, and why things like
#if defined(posixlike_os)
if(*bp==0)
return(".");
else
#endif
return bp
Are so common.