Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:29:48 -0400 | From | Hgntkwis@vfemail ... | Subject | Where did . come from |
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Granted, you need something to signify that a file is a dir (remember, in linux everything is a file), and what the parent dir is. I'm assuming that the kernel folks decided the name, or at least have some idea about it. I'm not objecting, it's fine, I just want to know this history behind the decision to use . instead of say $ or %.
Thanks, David
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