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Re: Sendmail fixkit

From: root () iifeak swan ac uk (System Administrator)
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 14:07:42 +0000 (GMT)

On old versions of UNIX "" was the same as ".".

It still is, at least, under SunOS and BSD/OS.

POSIX has some specific things to say about "." v "" when it
comes to things like opendir. This is one reason behaviour
varies, and why things like

#if defined(posixlike_os)
        if(*bp==0)
                return(".");
        else
#endif
                return bp

Are so common.

Current thread:

Re: Sendmail fixkit John F. Haugh II (Mar 04)
- Re: Sendmail fixkit Dave Horsfall (Mar 05)
  - Re: Sendmail fixkit System Administrator (Mar 06)
- Exploit for SGI permissions tool Larry Glaze (Mar 06)
  - Re: Exploit for SGI permissions tool Tony Hoffmann (Mar 06)
  - no subject (file transmission) Dr. Frederick B. Cohen (Mar 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Sendmail fixkit der Mouse (Mar 07)