Re: FUP ate my db (and I did RTFM)

• Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:19:34 PDT
• From:
  Ben Jackson <bjj@sequent.com>
• Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
• In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 May 96 14:34:40 PDT." <199605282134.QAA00496@forney.scinc.com>

In message <199605282134.QAA00496@forney.scinc.com> , you wrote:
> 
> Whatever . means, I'm not sure, I never used that to reference files.  I
> [...]
> We have code that
> resolves relative path names also (altho, /dir_that_doesnt_exist/../bin =>
> /bin, but shouldn't matter if you use the below code to determine that the
> cwd is valid before you let them "enter" it).

I'm glad someone is posting all of these important tidbits.  Could
someone compile a FAQ like "Things that Sound True About UNIX But Are
Really Pulled out of Someone's Ass"?

Please, PLEASE spare us this flood of UNIX misinformation.  Thank you.

--Ben

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