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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:
> 
> 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

If Craig is not altering the output order... yes. The directory will refer to
itself first and only then to the files contained in it.

JG