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

• Posted by Julio C. Galaret Viera <galaret at adinet.com.uy> Aug 31, 2006
• 609 views

Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> Hi Juergen.
> I don't know for shure, but methinks that DOS returns the files and the
> directories ordered by date.
> If this is always true, it might be that you have some files dated earlier
> than the directories where they reside, so this may not be always true.
> This can happen if you create a directory and then you move some files to it.
> Regards.


No, the dots will appear first even if files contained in it are dated earlier
than the directory.

JG