Re: [MiNT] U:\ folders without ..

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> writes:
>
>> Guess he means /<drive> has no . and no .., while e.g. /bin has. This
>> could indeed lead to some minor trouble.
>
> The . and .. entries are only virtual.  The kernel will resolve them
> without even looking at the directory contents.
>
> Andreas.
>

in a console at the command line this is not an issue (as such)

but the actual entires supplied to any app (including console scripts)
are lacking, enough to effect Teradesk etc

I would say Thing was "fixed" precisely because of this..

Paul