Re: ".", "..", and cd

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Re: ".", "..", and cd

To:	stimits@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: ".", "..", and cd
From:	Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sat, 08 Sep 2001 16:17:08 +1000
Cc:	"XFS: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to:	Your message of "Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:06:22 CST." <3B99B55E.CF8F4F16@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:06:22 -0600, 
"D. Stimits" <stimits@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>If I cd to "/", and then do "cd ..", there is no error either,
>Is this the standard, expected behavior (possibly POSIX or HFS
>designated)?

Every hierarchical filesystem I have ever worked on has this behaviour,
/ is its own parent.  Even non-Unix hierarchical systems do this.

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