Subject: Re: What should stat("",&fs) return?
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 05/31/1996 00:16:12
> It could be argued that this behaviour should be changed.  I'm not
> sure how many things would break.

At the very least, 'cp'.  "cp foo /" ceases to work when the patch i
submitted is applied, because it tries to stat ""...  (it's not at all
clear that that's not a bug, but the correct fix isn't obvious
either.)


chris