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Re: "." and ".." returned by dir()

• Posted by Julio C. Galaret Viera <galaret at adinet.com.uy> Aug 31, 2006
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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Hello Rob and all,
> 
> in the documentation of dir() it reads:
> <quote>
> If st names a *directory* you may have entries for "." and ".."
> </quote>
> 
> After my experience, those entries are normally at the _beginning_
> of the list which is returned by dir(). Can I rely on the assumption
> that this is _always_ the case?
> 
> Regards,
>    Juergen

I suppose you can since the single dot refers to the directory itself and the
two dots refer to its parent directory (i.e., the directory that contains it).

JG