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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada.Directories
Date: 20 Oct 2007 17:36:07 -0500
Date: 2007-10-20T17:36:07-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MNqlWnLxWM$D@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d%rSi.245768$ax1.158475@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net

In article <d%rSi.245768$ax1.158475@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, anon@anon.org (anon) writes:
> Its a "File System" feature!
> 
> In today's file systems, the first two entries are "." and ".." directories.  
> One exception to this rule is the FAT file systems which does not contain 
> these two entries.

Another is directories on VMS, for which there is a supported GNAT version.

> So if you seach the entire directory, the first two names that will be 
> returned are "." and ".." unless you search a FAT partition or a floopy.
> 
> All languages including Ada, C, JAVA that have directory search routine 
> will act in same way.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-20 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-20  9:21 Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-20 18:43 ` Ada.Directories anon
2007-10-20 19:40   ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-20 20:35     ` Ada.Directories Maciej Sobczak
2007-10-21  7:40       ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-21 13:05         ` Ada.Directories Jacob Sparre Andersen
2007-10-21 13:26           ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-21 15:29             ` Ada.Directories Markus E L
2007-10-21 15:38             ` Ada.Directories Jacob Sparre Andersen
2007-10-21 17:19             ` Ada.Directories Martin Krischik
2007-10-21 18:52               ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-21 20:32                 ` Ada.Directories Markus E L
2007-10-21 23:52         ` Ada.Directories Robert A Duff
2007-10-22 11:08         ` Ada.Directories Harald Korneliussen
2007-11-15 11:44           ` Ada.Directories Markus E L
2007-11-16 13:27             ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-11-16 16:48               ` Ada.Directories Martin Krischik
2007-11-16 18:47                 ` Ada.Directories Larry Kilgallen
2007-11-16 20:35                   ` Ada.Directories Martin Krischik
2007-11-16 19:00                 ` Ada.Directories Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-10-21  1:25     ` Ada.Directories anon
2007-10-20 22:36   ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2007-10-22 18:56 ` Ada.Directories Adam Beneschan
2007-10-23  9:04   ` Ada.Directories Peter Hermann
2007-10-23 12:07     ` Ada.Directories Larry Kilgallen
2007-10-23 13:01       ` Ada.Directories Peter Hermann
2007-10-23 16:08       ` Ada.Directories Robert A Duff
2007-10-23 17:11         ` Ada.Directories Larry Kilgallen
2007-10-24  0:55   ` Ada.Directories Brian May
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