Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:09:52 -0400 (EDT) | | From | linux kernel account <> | | Subject | Re: rmdir(".") works, and causes havoc |
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'll probably just have to add a test for "." and ".." by hand to rmdir(). > Sad, because it _could_ be potentially useful, it's just not allowed in > POSIX. > > Linus >
Maby code of this sort should be #ifdefed (posix) or #ifnotdef (linus_knows_best).. Standards dont slow the rest of the computer world.. Infact, those that break standards are cheered on as standard setters.. Maby there should be some compile options..
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