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Jan 21, 2021 at 14:19 vote accept MaxSilvester
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:56 answer added Stephen Kitt timeline score: 4
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:29 comment added MaxSilvester I know what . and . refer to. I wan't to remove . and .. in the directory not the directory itself
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:20 comment added Kamil Maciorowski Do you want to remove actual directories (example)? or entries in some directory only? To see the difference: suppose you're in /foo/bar/ and you manage to remove .. It may be you remove /foo/bar/; or it may be /foo/bar/ still exists but there is no longer . in it.
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:19 comment added Panki Why would you do this? Do you know that .. refers to the parent directory, and . to the current directory?
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:14 comment added MaxSilvester I am asking out of curiosity.
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:11 comment added AdminBee Are you asking for a specific reason, i.e. do you have an application case where you would actually want/need to do that?
Jan 21, 2021 at 13:09 history asked MaxSilvester CC BY-SA 4.0