From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:29:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:29:03 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:37641 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:28:52 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: `rmdir .` doesn't work in 2.4 Date: 8 Jan 2001 15:28:29 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation Message-ID: <93diet$aqc$1@penguin.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010108213036.T27646@athlon.random> <20010108225605.Y27646@athlon.random> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20010108225605.Y27646@athlon.random>, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: >On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:08:58PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: >> Andrea, fix your code. Linux-only stuff is OK when there is no > >BTW, "rmdir `pwd`" is not portable either. Indeed. Avoid it if you can. But at least "rmdir `pwd`" is not _required_ to fail, like rmdir("."/".."). Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/