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From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca>
"Re: Little prob with rm" (Oct 30, 2:14am)
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To: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl>, current-users@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Little prob with rm
Sender: owner-current-users@netbsd.org
On Oct 30, 2:14am, Olaf Seibert wrote:
} Subject: Re: Little prob with rm
} For completeness, I would even argue for dir/file/.. being equivalent
} to just dir, which is (in unix notation) what AmigaDOS does. Except that
} under Unix a file has no ".." entry but under AmigaDOS the ParentDir()
} of a file is defined and useful.
I totally disagree with this. It is a major violation of the
rule of least astonishment, as it is a major change to UNIX filesystem
semantics. Under UNIX file, do not have directories, which I feel
is the way it should be.
}-- End of excerpt from Olaf Seibert