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

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Aug 31, 2006
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Julio C. Galaret Viera 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
> 
> 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).

Yes, that is the meaning of those entries. But does their meaning tell us
anything about the order, in which they are returned by dir()?

Regards,
   Juergen