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Old 01-26-2008
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What does /../ mean?
What does /../ mean? What is the relevance of this? I found it in a script. It seems to indicate the parent of "/", but that can't be right...

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/../ is the same as /
Also the same as /./
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Thank you! Their behavior seemed to indicate as much, but I was just curious if it had any significance...

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