>
>
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > Only in name ? Tell that to the Debian Hurd project. Also people who routinely
> > boot between OS/2 and Linux or use ext2fs under Acorn RISCOS to share their
> > filestore would find "." missing a little inconvenient. Oh you can do it.
>
> Sure you can do it, and why do you think that will go away? People who use
> ext2 for that today are welcome to continue.
>
> > Novell doesnt have a real "." and "..". The novell 3 bugs with . and ..
> > handling speak volumes for why this was a bad idea.
>
> Umm.. We _never_ use "." and ".." in filesystems. Never.
Linus, please take a look at knfsd.
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