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adrian kok wrote:
Hi


I have this . folder under tmp

1/ How they can make it this folder?



Please provide the output of ls -la /tmp

Are you referring to ./ or actually something like ./ ?




2/ How can I remove it?



If it is really ./ then you dont as this is /tmp
If it is ./ then rm -vr /tmp/.




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> Hi
>
> I have this . folder under tmp
>
> 1/ How they can make it this folder?

cd .

>
> 2/ How can I remove it?
>

cd ..

rmdir tmp

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I am not sure if this is a joke or not.

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> -----Original Message-----
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> adrian kok wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have this . folder under tmp
> >
> > 1/ How they can make it this folder?
> >
>
> Please provide the output of ls -la /tmp
>
> Are you referring to ./ or actually something like ./ ?

Either would not show up as a single .

>
>
>
> > 2/ How can I remove it?
> >
>
> If it is really ./ then you dont as this is /tmp If it is
> ./ then rm -vr /tmp/.
>
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>
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adrian kok wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have this . folder under tmp
>
> 1/ How they can make it this folder?
>
> 2/ How can I remove it?
>

first you gotta figure out its -real- name. most likely, its " ." or
". " but the space could also be an unprintable character.


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adrian kok <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:

>>
I have this . folder under tmp
<<

It's called a directory, not a "folder" and there's one in every directory.
It's a hard link to the current directory, just like ".." is a hard link to
the directory above.

>>
1/ How they can make it this folder?
<<

Create any directory, and it will appear, as I've explained.

>>
2/ How can I remove it?
<<

If you remove it, you'll be removing the /tmp directory itself, which is
not a bright idea. Imagine someone sitting on a branch, sawing away between
themselves and the trunk of the tree. . .

Best,

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adrian kok wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have this . folder under tmp
>
> 1/ How they can make it this folder?
>
> 2/ How can I remove it?

Thanks, I just about spit my coffee out my nose when I read this, but it
made my day. :)


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On 12/29/09 1:41 PM, Mike A. Harris wrote:
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> adrian kok wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have this . folder under tmp
>>
>> 1/ How they can make it this folder?
>>
>> 2/ How can I remove it?
>
> Thanks, I just about spit my coffee out my nose when I read this, but it
> made my day. :)

Last day of vacation :D . http://dban.sf.net is recommended for removing
"." directories from harddisks..

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On 2009-12-28 18:49, adrian kok wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have this . folder under tmp

It is a system-generated link to the current directory. Don't touch that.

Ugo


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> adrian kok wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have this . folder under tmp
>>
>> 1/ How they can make it this folder?
>>
>> 2/ How can I remove it?
>
> Thanks, I just about spit my coffee out my nose when I read this, but it
> made my day. :)
>
Don't do that - you'll wind up with too much blood in your caffeine
stream.... <g>

mark

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On Tuesday 29 December 2009 13:59:43 Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> On 2009-12-28 18:49, adrian kok wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have this . folder under tmp
>
> It is a system-generated link to the current directory. Don't touch that.
>
Thank heavens there's one sane person reading today. Obviously no-one else
here was ever new to Linux.

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