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